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Uncertainty in current and future health wearables

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Bran Knowles,

Alison Smith-Renner,

Forough Poursabzi-Sangdeh,

Di Lu,

Halimat AlabiAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 61, Issue 12

Pages 62 - 67

https://doi.org/10.1145/3199201

Published: 20 November 2018 Publication History

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Expect inherent uncertainties in health-wearables data to complicate future decision making concerning user health.

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December 2018

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DOI:10.1145/3293542

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