Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire as a measure of cigarette dependence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 596-603

  Huang, Chih Ling ^a,b   Lin, Hsi Hui ^b   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire; Instrument validation; Psychometric evaluation; Reliability; Smoking cessation; Validity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; STANDARD; TAIWAN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON DIOXIDE; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; TAIWAN; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33747097423     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03951.x     Document Type: Article

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