"tips from Former Smokers" Can Benefit from Considering All Available Data: Reply to McAfee et al.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e133-e134

  Ayers, John W ^a   Althouse, Benjamin M ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERNET; LETTER; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VALIDITY; HUMAN;

HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84949672054     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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