A randomised controlled trial of a theory-based interactive internet-based smoking cessation intervention ('StopAdvisor'): Study protocol

Journal of Smoking Cessation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Michie, Susan ^a,b   Brown, Jamie ^a   Geraghty, Adam W A ^c   Miller, Sascha ^c   Yardley, Lucy ^c   Gardner, Benjamin ^a   Shahab, Lion ^a   Stapleton, John A ^a   West, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

internet based; protocol; Smoking cessation intervention; theory based; website

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887956756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18342612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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