The use of smartphones for health research

Academic Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-160

  Dorsey, E Ray ^a   Chan, Yu Feng ^b   Mcconnell, Michael V ^c   Shaw, Stanley Y ^d   Trister, Andrew D ^e   Friend, Stephen H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SAGE BIONETWORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASES; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SMARTPHONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISEASE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84964528230     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001205     Document Type: Review

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