Global reach of an internet smoking cessation intervention among spanish- And english-speaking smokers from 157 countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 927-940

  Barrera, Alinne Z ^a   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,b   Delucchi, Kevin L ^c   Muñoz, Ricardo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

characteristics; global; International; Internet; Smoking behaviors; smoking cessation; Tobacco; Web based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67649211301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6030927     Document Type: Article

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