Access and interest: Two important issues in considering the feasibility of web-assisted tobacco interventions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cunningham, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brief interventions; Cigarettes; Epidemiological survey; Internet access; Internet availability; Self help

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849113105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1000     Document Type: Article

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