Novel incentives and messaging in an online college smoking intervention

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 668-680

  Berg, Carla J ^a   Stratton, Erin ^a   Sokol, Michael ^b   Santamaria, Andrew ^b   Bryant, Lawrence ^c   Rodriguez, Rolando ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marketzero LLC   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation interventions; Smoking cessation; Tobacco control; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902688423     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.5.4     Document Type: Article

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