Sexual and reproductive health for young adults in Colombia: Teleconsultation using mobile devices

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lopez, Catalina ^a   Ramirez, Daniel Camilo ^a   Valenzuela, Jose Ignacio ^a,b   Arguello, Arturo ^a   Saenz, Juan Pablo ^c   Trujillo, Stephanie ^a   Correal, Dario Ernesto ^c   Fajardo, Roosevelt ^a   Dominguez, Cristina ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d School of Medicine   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Latin America; Mobile health; Remote consultation; Telemedicine; Youth and adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85097322665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2904     Document Type: Article

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