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. 2018 Feb 12;20(2):e47. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9370

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©Yen-Yuan Chen, Chia-Ming Li, Jyh-Chong Liang, Chin-Chung Tsai. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 12.02.2018.

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