A new tool for nutrition app quality evaluation (AQEL): Development, validation, and reliability testing

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Difilippo, Kristen Nicole ^a   Huang, Wenhao ^a   Chapman Novakofski, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

And nutrition; Diet; Dietitians; Evaluation; Food; Health education; Mobile apps

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048474789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.7441     Document Type: Article

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