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Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (993)

Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2019): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12160, first published .
Usability Challenges for Health and Wellness Mobile Apps: Mixed-Methods Study Among mHealth Experts and Consumers

Usability Challenges for Health and Wellness Mobile Apps: Mixed-Methods Study Among mHealth Experts and Consumers

Usability Challenges for Health and Wellness Mobile Apps: Mixed-Methods Study Among mHealth Experts and Consumers

Authors of this article:

Mei Shan Liew1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jian Zhang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jovis See1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yen Leng Ong1 Author Orcid Image
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