A text message delivered smoking cessation intervention: The initial trial of txt-2-quit: Randomized controlled trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bock, Beth ^a   Heron, Kristin ^b   Jennings, Ernestine ^a   Morrow, Kathleen ^a   Cobb, Victoria ^c   Magee, Joshua ^d   Fava, Joseph ^c   Deutsch, Christopher ^e   Foster, Robert ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Live Inspired LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communications; MHealth; Mobile health; Smoking cessation; Texting, text messaging; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 85097571350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2522     Document Type: Article

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