There's an app for that--but how do we know if it's a good one?
Mobile phone applications or 'apps' are increasingly becoming an integral part of our daily lives, with the number of mobile app users in the UK predicted to exceed 43 million by 2016 (The Statistics Portal, 2015). The App and Play stores are saturated with thousands of apps that claim to cater for...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Midwifery Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 442 - 445 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Jun2015
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