Simulating demand for cigarettes among pregnant women: A Low-Risk method for studying vulnerable populations

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 176-190

  Higgins, Stephen T ^a,b   Reed, Derek D ^d   Redner, Ryan ^e   Skelly, Joan M ^c   Zvorsky, Ivori A ^a,b   Kurti, Allison N ^a,b  

^a Vermont Center on Behavior and Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; Cigarette Purchase Task; cigarette smoking; pregnant women; quit attempts; smoking rate; translational science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 85009756521     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.232     Document Type: Article

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