Efficacy of a web-based computer-tailored smoking prevention intervention for dutch adolescents: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  De Josselin De Jong, Sanne ^a,b,c   Candel, Math ^a   Segaar, Dewi ^c   Cremers, Henricus Paul ^a   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c STIVORO Dutch Expert Centre on Tobacco Control   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Computer tailoring; Internet; Randomized controlled trial; Smoking initiation; Smoking prevention; Web based intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897423064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2469     Document Type: Article

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