Integrating Mobile Fitness Trackers Into the Practice of Medicine

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-79

  Ahuja, Neera ^a   Ozdalga, Errol ^a   Aaronson, Alistair ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic disease management; fitness; outpatient monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009511240     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: 15598284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827615583643     Document Type: Review

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