Website use and effects of online information about tobacco additives among the Dutch general population: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Reinwand, Dominique A ^a,b   Crutzen, Rik ^b   Kienhuis, Anne S ^c   Talhout, Reinskje ^c   De Vries, Hein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information dissemination; RCT; Tobacco additives; Website evaluation; Website use

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHEMISTRY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016400678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6785     Document Type: Article

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