Beyond traditional newspaper advertisement: Leveraging facebook-targeted advertisement to recruit long-term smokers for research

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Carter Harris, Lisa ^a   Ellis, Rebecca Bartlett ^a   Warrick, Adam ^b   Rawl, Susan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Older; Recruitment methods; Smokers

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977584795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5502     Document Type: Article

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