Revisiting the factor structure of the Questionnaire on Smoking Urges

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-395

  Toll, Benjamin A ^a   McKee, Sherry A ^a   Krishnan Sarin, Suchitra ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTOR STRUCTURE OF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SMOKING URGES; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 9144230946     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.4.391     Document Type: Article

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