Feasibility and user perception of a fully automated push-based multiple-session alcohol intervention for university students: Randomized controlled trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bendtsen, Marcus ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol intervention; Email; Multiple session intervention; Push based intervention; SMS; Students; Text messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099720514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3233     Document Type: Article

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