Smoking cessation research via the internet: A feasibility study

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-41

  Stoddard, Jacqueline L ^a   Delucchi, Kevin L ^a   Muñoz, Ricardo F ^a,b,f   Collins, Noah M ^a,b   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,c   Augustson, Erik ^d   Lenert, Leslie L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 3042831331     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730590904562     Document Type: Article

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