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The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware. / Cheverst, Keith; Blair, Gordon S.; Davies, Nigel et al.
In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 3, No. 1 & 2, 03.1999, p. 33-42.

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Cheverst, K, Blair, GS, Davies, N & Friday, A 1999, 'The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware', Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, pp. 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01305318

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Cheverst, K., Blair, G. S., Davies, N., & Friday, A. (1999). The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 3(1 & 2), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01305318

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Cheverst K, Blair GS, Davies N, Friday A. The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 1999 Mar;3(1 & 2):33-42. doi: 10.1007/BF01305318

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Cheverst, Keith ; Blair, Gordon S. ; Davies, Nigel et al. / The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware. In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 1999 ; Vol. 3, No. 1 & 2. pp. 33-42.

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