An empirical study of mHealth adoption in a developing country: The moderating effect of gender concern

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hoque, Md Rakibul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adoption; Developing country; mHealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007569949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0289-0     Document Type: Article

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