Judging nudging: Can nudging improve population health?

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7791, 2011, Pages 263-265

  Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Ogilvie, David ^a   Roland, Martin ^a   Suhrcke, Marc ^b   Kelly, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SMOKING;

EID: 79251592548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d228     Document Type: Review

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