Who uses smoking cessation apps? a feasibility study across three countries via smartphones

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  BinDhim, Nasser F ^a,b   McGeechan, Kevin ^a   Trevena, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Apps; Global health; Handheld computers; Health Informatics; Health promotion; Prevention; Public health; Smartphone; Tobacco and smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099718573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2841     Document Type: Article

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