A mobile app to aid smoking cessation: Preliminary evaluation of smokefree28

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e17-

  Ubhi, Harveen Kaur ^a,b   Michie, Susan ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^a,b,c   Wong, Wai Chi ^a   West, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apps; Mobile; PRIME theory; Smartphone; Smoking cessation intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922318772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3479     Document Type: Article

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