Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Vodopivec Jamsek, Vlasta ^a   de Jongh, Thyra ^b   Gurol Urganci, Ipek ^c   Atun, Rifat ^d   Car, Josip ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Gephyra IHC   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADVERSE EVENT; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SUGAR INTAKE; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING; THUMB; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 85016753257     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007457.pub2     Document Type: Review

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