Possibilities and expectations for mHealth in the Pacific Islands: Insights from key informants

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Umali, Elaine ^a   McCool, Judith ^a   Whittaker, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health systems; mHealth; Pacific Islands; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043664731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4626     Document Type: Article

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