Text Messaging as Adjunct to Community-Based Weight Management Program
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عنوان ژورنال: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1538-2931
DOI: 10.1097/01.ncn.0000432121.02323.cb