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. 2014 Aug 21;16(8):e193. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3214

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©Mícheál de Barra, Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 21.08.2014.

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