Psychometric testing of the chinese version of the dimensions of tobacco dependence scale

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2470-2477

  Lu, Chia Chen ^a   Lin, Hsi Hui ^b   Chen, Chia Jung ^c   Huang, Chih Ling ^d  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Biomarker; Nursing; Reliability; Tobacco dependence; Validity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SMOKING; STANDARD; TAIWAN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 68749112711     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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