Attentional bias retraining in cigarette smokers attempting smoking cessation (ARTS): Study protocol for a double blind randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Begh, Rachna ^a,b   Munafò, Marcus R ^c   Shiffman, Saul ^d   Ferguson, Stuart G ^e   Nichols, Linda ^b   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^f   Holder, Roger L ^b   Sutton, Stephen ^g   Aveyard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889971646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1176     Document Type: Article

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