Smoking cessation apps for smartphones: Content analysis with the self-determination theory

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Choi, Jounghwa ^a   Noh, Ghee Young ^a   Park, Dong Jin ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Communication media; Medical informatics applications; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH KOREA;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; SMOKING CESSATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84897618692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3061     Document Type: Article

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