The top Chinese mobile health apps: A systematic investigation

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Hsu, Jeffrey ^a   Liu, Di ^b   Yu, Ya Min ^b   Zhao, Hui Tong ^b   Chen, Zhi Rou ^b   Li, Jiao ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Medical informatics; MHealth; Mobile health applications

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

CHINA; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84989959641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5955     Document Type: Article

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