Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 338-343 , April 2011

Development of a Measure of the Latency to Needing a Cigarette

  • W.W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Paola Morello, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Fundacion Cancer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Bernice Gershenson, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Joseph R. DiFranza, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Joseph R. DiFranza, M.D., Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655

Received 2 April 2010 ,Accepted 11 July 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00342-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 338-343 , April 2011

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