Receptiveness and preferences of health-related smartphone applications among Vietnamese youth and young adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Do, Toan Thanh Thi ^a   Le, Mai Dinh ^b   Van Nguyen, Thanh ^a   Tran, Bach Xuan ^a,c   Le, Huong Thi ^a   Nguyen, Hinh Duc ^a   Nguyen, Long Hoang ^h   Nguyen, Cuong Tat ^d   Tran, Tho Dinh ^e   Latkin, Carl A ^c   Ho, Roger C M ^f   Zhang, Melvyn W B ^g  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam National Cancer Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DUY TAN UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^e VIET DUC HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Smartphone applications; Vietnam; Young adults; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; SMARTPHONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048838007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5641-0     Document Type: Article

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