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. 2014 May 7;2(2):e23. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.3209

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©Bernd Ploderer, Wally Smith, Jon Pearce, Ron Borland. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 07.05.2014.

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