Automated characterization of mobile health apps’ features by extracting information from the web: An exploratory study

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3 Special Issue, 2018, Pages 482-492

  Paglialonga, Alessia ^a   Schiavo, Massimo ^b   Caiani, Enrico Gianluca ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; PRELIMINARY DATA; PROMOTER REGION; SENSORY SYSTEM; VOCABULARY; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATION; TELEMEDICINE;

AUTOMATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85048468193     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: 15589137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2018_AJA-IMIA3-18-0008     Document Type: Article

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