Delivering Tailored Smoking Cessation Support via Mobile Phone Text Messaging: A Feasibility and Acceptability Evaluation of the Quittext Program

Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-58

  Jamison, James ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^a   Gilbert, Hazel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858988664     PISSN: 10712089     EISSN: 17519861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9861.2012.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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