Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the decisional balance scale for adults

Journal of Addictions Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-13

  Bektas, Murat ^a   Ozturk, Candan ^a   Armstrong, Merry ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desicional balance scale; Primary orevention; Reliability and validity; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949549341     PISSN: 10884602     EISSN: 15487148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10884601003628096     Document Type: Article

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