Mobile phone apps for inflammatory bowel disease self-management: A systematic assessment of content and tools

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Con, Danny ^a,b   De Cruz, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apps; eHealth; IBD; mhealth; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973282800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4874     Document Type: Article

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