mHealth Series: Text messaging data collection of infant and young child feeding practice in rural China - A feasibility study

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Du, Xiaozhen ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   van Velthoven, Michelle Helena ^b   Chen, Li ^a   Scherpbier, Robert W ^c   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Rao, Xiuqin ^a   Car, Josip ^b  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

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EID: 84961306315     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.03.020403     Document Type: Article

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