Blogging as therapy? Exploring personal technologies for smoking cessation

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-281

  Graham, Connor ^a   Rouncefield, Mark ^b   Satchell, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blogging; Mobile phones; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BLOGGING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 75149183157     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458209345897     Document Type: Article

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