John Bellettiere, Suzanne C. Hughes, Sandy Liles, Marie Boman-Davis, Neil E. Klepeis, Elaine Blumberg, Jeff Mills, Vincent Berardi, Saori Obayashi, T. Tracy Allen and Melbourne F. Hovell. Developing and Selecting Auditory Warnings for a Real-Time Behavioral Intervention.
. 2014; 2(6):232-238. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-2-6-3
real-time feedback, warning sounds, behavioral intervention, auditory alerts, immediate feedback, auditory warning design, alarm design
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