Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 302-304 , March 2010

Using Mobile Phones for Adolescent Research in Low and Middle Income Countries: Preliminary Findings From the Birth to Twenty Cohort, South Africa

  • Alastair C. van Heerden, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Child Family Youth and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Alastair C. van Heerden, M.Sc., Child Family Youth and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
    • ,
  • Shane A. Norris, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Birth to Twenty Research Programme, Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Linda M. Richter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child Family Youth and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Received 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00377-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.008

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 302-304 , March 2010

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