Gender differences in the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence in Korean Americans

Journal of Smoking Cessation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Kim, Sun S ^a   Fang, Hua ^a   DiFranza, Joseph ^a   Ziedonis, Douglas M ^a   Ma, Grace X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; culture; gender; psychometric testing; smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876913569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18342612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2012.5     Document Type: Article

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