Prescribable mHealth apps identified from an overview of systematic reviews

npj Digital Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Byambasuren, Oyungerel ^a   Sanders, Sharon ^a   Beller, Elaine ^a   Glasziou, Paul ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MHEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL SERVERS; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; INTERNET RESEARCH; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MANAGEMENT; SERVER MONITORING; STAND -ALONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85089606210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23986352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-018-0021-9     Document Type: Review

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