A comparison of the fagerström test for nicotine dependence and smoking prevalence across countries: Updated data from Spain

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-327

  Fu, Marcela ^a,b   Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b   Pérez Rííos, Mónica ^c,d,e   López, María J ^e,f,g   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f Evaluation and Intervention Methods Unit   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 58349100515     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02485.x     Document Type: Letter

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