Consumer wearable devices and disease prevention

2025/04/17 by Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Vedang Narain, Clare Lally · 1 voice
Health Professions · #Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.58248/pn741

openalex created_date 2025/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2025/04/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Research has linked wearable devices with the prevention, detection and mitigation of disease. What are the public health benefits and what are the risks?

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