Recommendation for the assessment of tobacco craving and withdrawal in smoking cessation trials

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-614

  Shiffman, Saul ^a,d   West, Robert J ^b   Gilbert, David G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; IRRITABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 4544275709     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200410001734067     Document Type: Review

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