Heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes smoked and the fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence among adult male Malaysians

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 343-346

  Lim, K H ^a   Feisul Idzwan, M ^b   Sumarni, M G ^c   Kee, C C ^c   Amal, N M ^c   Lim, K K ^a   Gurpreet, K ^a  

^a Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fagerstr m test for nicotine dependence; Heaviness of smoking index; Heavy smoking; Malaysians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84864875328     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.343     Document Type: Article

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