Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young adult population of smokers: Randomized controlled trial study protocol

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Baskerville, Neill Bruce ^a   Struik, Laura Louise ^b   Hammond, David ^a   Guindon, G Emmanuel ^c   Norman, Cameron D ^d   Whittaker, Robyn ^e   Burns, Catherine M ^a   Grindrod, Kelly A ^a   Brown, K Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health behavior; MHealth; Mobile phone apps; Smoking cessation; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002989587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3823     Document Type: Article

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