Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting

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2010-12-7
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1000376
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Freifeld, Clark C.
Chunara, Rumi
Mekaru, Sumiko R.
Chan, Emily H.
Kass-Hout, Taha
Ayala Iacucci, Anahi
Brownstein, John S.
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Freifeld, Clark C., Rumi Chunara, Sumiko R. Mekaru, Emily H. Chan, Taha Kass-Hout, Anahi Ayala Iacucci, John S. Brownstein. "Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting" PLoS Medicine 7(12):e1000376. (2010)
Abstract
Clark Freifeld and colleagues discuss mobile applications, including their own smartphone application, that show promise for health monitoring and information sharing.
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