Linking measures of adolescent nicotine dependence to a common latent continuum

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 296-308

  Strong, David R ^a   Kahler, Christopher W ^b   Colby, Suzanne M ^b   Griesler, Pamela C ^c   Kandel, Denise ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Item response theory; Nicotine dependence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FAGERSTROM TOLERANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; NICOTINE DEPENDENCE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 57049180736     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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