A review of web based interventions for managing tobacco use

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 226-235

  Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh ^a   Verma, Rohit ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Internet based interventions; tobacco; treatment; web based interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903937480     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.135367     Document Type: Review

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