Superusers in social networks for smoking cessation: Analysis of demographic characteristics and posting behavior from the canadian cancer society's smokers' helpline online and stopsmokingcenter.net

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Van Mierlo, Trevor ^a   Voci, Sabrina ^b   Lee, Sharon ^c   Fournier, Rachel ^a   Selby, Peter ^b,d  

^a Evolution Health Systems Inc   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; EHealth; Moderated support; Smoking cessation; Social networks; WATI; Web assisted tobacco anterventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864267926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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