Measuring progress toward smoking cessation

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-172

  Davis, Melinda F ^a,b   Sechrest, Lee B ^a   Shapiro, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION STAGES; PERSON SEPARATION INDEX; SMOKING; TRAITS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18444390928     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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