Effectiveness of monetary incentives for recruiting adolescents to an intervention trial to reduce smoking

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 706-713

  Martinson, Brian C ^a   Lazovich, De Ann ^b   Lando, Harry A ^b   Perry, Cheryl L ^b   McGovern, Paul G ^b   Boyle, Raymond G ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Costs and cost analysis; Data collection; Health surveys; Motivation; Patient selection; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0034526076     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0762     Document Type: Article

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