Measurement of multiple nicotine dependence domains among cigarette, non-cigarette and poly-tobacco users: Insights from item response theory

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-193

  Strong, David R ^a,b   Messer, Karen ^a,b   Hartman, Sheri J ^a,b   Conway, Kevin P ^d   Hoffman, Allison C ^c   Pharris Ciurej, Nikolas ^c   White, Martha ^a,b   Green, Victoria R ^d,e   Compton, Wilson M ^d   Pierce, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^e Kelly Government Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Nicotine dependence; Poly tobacco use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930482825     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.040     Document Type: Article

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