Implications of participant self-selection for generalizability: Who participates in smoking laboratory research?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-356

  Kamholz, Barbara W ^a,b   Gulliver, Suzy Bird ^a   Helstrom, Amy ^a   Morissette, Sandra B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalizability; Participant eligibility; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 61649087890     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802345051     Document Type: Article

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