Ergonomic Evaluation and Design of a Mobile Application for Maternal and Infant Health for Smartphone Users among Lower-income Class Filipinos

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 5411-5418

  Nocum, Arizza Ann ^a   Baltao, Joy Mary ^a   Agustin, Daniel Roi ^a   Portus, Alyssa Jean ^a  

^a Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

application; design; functionality; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009973228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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