Development and alpha testing of quitit: An interactive video game to enhance skills for coping with smoking urges

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Krebs, Paul ^a   Burkhalter, Jack E ^b   Snow, Bert ^c   Fiske, Jeff ^c   Ostroff, Jamie S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Muzzy Lane Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Health promotion game; Smoking cessation; Tobacco, quitting self efficacy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099693977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2416     Document Type: Article

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