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

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2010 Dec 15

PMID 21151888

Citations 79

Authors

Clark C Freifeld

Rumi Chunara

Sumiko R Mekaru

Emily H Chan

Taha Kass-Hout

Anahi Ayala Iacucci

John S Brownstein

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