Theories into practice: A content analysis of anti-smoking websites

Internet Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-25

  Paek, Hye Jin ^a   Hove, Thomas ^a   Jun Bae, Beom ^b   Hyunjae, H ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behaviour modification; Public health; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751608430     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241111104857     Document Type: Article

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