Acceptance of Commercially Available Wearable Activity Trackers Among Adults Aged Over 50 and With Chronic Illness: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.

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Published in JMIR Mhealth Uhealth on January 27, 2016

Authors

Kathryn Mercer1, Lora Giangregorio, Eric Schneider, Parmit Chilana, Melissa Li, Kelly Grindrod

Author Affiliations

1: School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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