A comparison of the Autonomy over Tobacco Scale and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 856-861

  DiFranza, Joseph R ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Wellman, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FTND; Nicotine dependence; Psychometrics; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY OVER TOBACCO SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAGERSTROM TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PSYCHIC DEPENDENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860918974     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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