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Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (377) Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism Prevention and Recovery (303) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (438) Substance Abuse (428)
Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11831, first published .
Smartphone Apps Targeting Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use: Systematic Search in in Commercial App Stores and Critical Content Analysis

Smartphone Apps Targeting Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use: Systematic Search in in Commercial App Stores and Critical Content Analysis

Smartphone Apps Targeting Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use: Systematic Search in in Commercial App Stores and Critical Content Analysis

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Babak Tofighi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Chemi Chemi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jose Ruiz-Valcarcel2 Author Orcid Image ;   Paul Hein1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lu Hu1 Author Orcid Image
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