Usage of social media and smartphone application in assessment of physical and psychological well-being of individuals in times of a major air pollution crisis

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Melvyn Wb ^a   Ho, Cyrus Sh ^a   Fang, Pan ^a   Lu, Yanxia ^a   Ho, Roger Cm ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Crisis; Haze; Internet; Smartphone application; Social networking; Web based medium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099701011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2827     Document Type: Article

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