Computer-based smoking cessation interventions in adolescents: Description, feasibility, and six-month follow-up findings

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 935-965

  Pallonen, Unto E ^a   Velicer, Wayne F ^a   Prochaska, James O ^a   Rossi, Joseph S ^a   Bellis, Jeffrey M ^b   Tsoh, Janice Y ^c   Migneault, Jeffrey P ^a   Smith, Nelson F ^a   Prokhorov, Alexander V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent smoking; Computerized interventions; Expert systems; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0031899904     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089809056250     Document Type: Review

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