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Is the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence invariant across secular trends in smoking? A question for cross-birth cohort analysis of nicotine dependence.
Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Apr 2018
Glasheen Cristie, Johnson Eric O, Saccone Nancy L, Lutz Sharon M, Baker Timothy B, McNeil Daniel W, Marazita Mary L, Hokanson John E, Bierut Laura J, Hancock Dana B
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BACKGROUND: The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), a derivation of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire, was first published in 1991. The FTND remains one of the most widely used measures of nicotine dependence for studying genetic and epidemiological risk factors and the likelihood of smoking cessation. However, it is unclear whether secular trends in patterns of smoking alter the psychometric...
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