Incentives and health: An introduction

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Higgins, Stephen T ^a   Silverman, Kenneth ^b   Sigmon, Stacey C ^a   Naito, Neal A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; DISULFIRAM; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDICAID; METHADONE TREATMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; REWARD; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867232982     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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