Are adolescent smokers addicted to nicotine? the suitability of the nicotine dependence construct as applied to adolescents

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 27-49

  Kassel, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Nicotine dependence; Smokers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347369256     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v09n04_03     Document Type: Article

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