Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 254-259

  Rait, Michelle A ^a   Prochaska, Judith J ^b   Rubinstein, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Recruitment; Social Media; Technology; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84939200500     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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