Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 2 , Pages 165-177 , 30 September 2003

Portable mood mapping: the validity and reliability of analog scale displays for mood assessment via hand-held computer

  • David Kreindler

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Anthony Levitt

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Nicholas Woolridge

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Communications, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Charles J. Lumsden

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Room 7313, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 1 Kings College Circle, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 1A8. Tel.: +1-416-978-7178; fax: +1-416-978-3701

Received 28 October 2002 ,Revised 10 July 2003 ,Accepted 22 July 2003.

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00196-3

doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00196-3

Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 2 , Pages 165-177 , 30 September 2003

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