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Medical mobile technologies – what is needed for a sustainable and scalable implementation on a global scale?

Johan LundinInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland – FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Guy DumontDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaView further author information
Article: 1344046 | Received 17 Nov 2016, Accepted 07 Jun 2017, Published online: 25 Aug 2017

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