Initial evaluation of an electronic symptom diary for adolescents with cancer

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Baggott, Christina ^a   Gibson, Faith ^b,c   Coll, Beatriz ^d   Kletter, Richard ^e   Zeltzer, Paul ^e   Miaskowski, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d San Francisco Unified School District   (United States)

^e GoMed Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; EHealth; mHealth; Patient reported outcomes; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099694473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2175     Document Type: Article

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