Optimizing a text message intervention to reduce heavy drinking in young adults: Focus group findings

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Suffoletto, Brian ^a   Kristan, Jeffrey ^a   Mecca, Laurel Person ^b   Chung, Tammy ^b   Clark, Duncan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Qualitative; Text messages; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019616608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5330     Document Type: Article

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