Placing Prevention in the Pockets: The Role of mHealth in Preventive Medical Services

mHealth Multidisciplinary Verticals

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 11-36

  Ahmadvand, Alireza ^a   Whittaker, Robyn ^b   Lim, Megan S C ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ExAudio Limited   (Sweden)

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EID: 84971269400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17724-6     Document Type: Chapter

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