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Published on in Vol 6 , No 10 (2018) :October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11281, first published .
Features, Behavioral Change Techniques, and Quality of the Most Popular Mobile Apps to Measure Physical Activity: Systematic Search in App Stores

Features, Behavioral Change Techniques, and Quality of the Most Popular Mobile Apps to Measure Physical Activity: Systematic Search in App Stores

Features, Behavioral Change Techniques, and Quality of the Most Popular Mobile Apps to Measure Physical Activity: Systematic Search in App Stores

Authors of this article:

Patrícia Simões 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Anabela G Silva 1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   João Amaral 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Alexandra Queirós 1, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Nelson P Rocha 4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Mário Rodrigues 3, 4 Author Orcid Image
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