This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Mobile Health (mhealth) (2974) Pregnancy Information, Education and Lifestyle Interventions (301) mHealth for Patient Education (238) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (376) Mobile Health and Apps for Maternal and Child Health (153) Mobile Apps for Pregnancy and Parenting Education (44)

Published on in Vol 23, No 10 (2021): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25667, first published .
Mobile Health Apps for Pregnant Women: Systematic Search, Evaluation, and Analysis of Features

Mobile Health Apps for Pregnant Women: Systematic Search, Evaluation, and Analysis of Features

Mobile Health Apps for Pregnant Women: Systematic Search, Evaluation, and Analysis of Features

Authors of this article:

Gabriela Frid1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kelly Bogaert1 Author Orcid Image ;   Katherine T Chen1 Author Orcid Image
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