Concerns about a meta-analysis of computer smoking cessation programs

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1814-

  Byron, M Justin ^b   Cobb, Nathan K ^a  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; COUNSELING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COUNSELING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 70350503751     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.375     Document Type: Letter

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