Usage of an Internet smoking cessation resource: The Australian QuitCoach

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-72

  Balmford, James ^a   Borland, Ron ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Ferretter, Ian ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated cessation assistance; Expert system; Quitline; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; TIME; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849161184     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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