Feasibility of using e-mail counseling as part of a smoking-cessation program

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1033-1039

  Polosa, Riccardo ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a   Di Maria, Annalisa ^a   Arcidiacono, Giuseppe ^a   Morjaria, Jaymin B ^a,b   Piccillo, Giovita A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E mail; Internet; Office intervention; Smoking cessation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 68549133169     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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