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mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3315) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3464) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1188) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (418)

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

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/9836, first published .
Assessing the Quality of Mobile Phone Apps for Weight Management: User-Centered Study With Employees From a Lebanese University

Assessing the Quality of Mobile Phone Apps for Weight Management: User-Centered Study With Employees From a Lebanese University

Assessing the Quality of Mobile Phone Apps for Weight Management: User-Centered Study With Employees From a Lebanese University

Authors of this article:

Marco Bardus1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ahmed Ali1 Author Orcid Image ;   Farah Demachkieh1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Ghassan Hamadeh3 Author Orcid Image
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