A Systematic Review of the mHealth Interventions to Prevent Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 413-432

  Kazemi, Donna M ^a   Borsari, Brian ^b,c   Levine, Maureen J ^d   Li, Shaoyu ^a   Lamberson, Katie A ^a   Matta, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; HUMAN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TELEMEDICINE;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85017240134     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1303556     Document Type: Article

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