Photoaging mobile apps as a novel opportunity for melanoma prevention: Pilot study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Brinker, Titus Josef ^a,b   Schadendorf, Dirk ^a,b   Klode, Joachim ^a,b   Cosgarea, Ioana ^a,b   Rösch, Alexander ^a,b   Jansen, Philipp ^a,b   Stoffels, Ingo ^a,b   Izar, Benjamin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Mobile apps; Photoaging; Prevention; Skin cancer; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031124640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.8231     Document Type: Article

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