Validity and reliability of the fagerstrom test for cigarette dependence in a sample of Arabic speaking UK-resident Yemeni khat chewers

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1285-1288

  Kassim, Saba ^a   Salam, Mohamed ^b   Croucher, Ray ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arabic speaking Yemeni residents of the UK; Cross culture; FTCD; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873021829     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1285     Document Type: Article

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