Technology-based support via telephone or web: A systematic review of the effects on smoking, alcohol use and gambling

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1846-1868

  Danielsson, Anna Karin ^a,b   Eriksson, Anna Karin ^a,b   Allebeck, Peter ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gambling; Internet; Telephone; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; FUNDING; GAMBLING; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; TELEHEALTH; TOBACCO; ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; GAMBLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930240340     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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