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Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 906276, 8 pages
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Research Article

What Aspect of Dependence Does the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Measure?

Joseph R. DiFranza,1 Robert J. Wellman,1 Judith A. Savageau,1 Ariel Beccia,1 W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung,1 and Robert McMillen2

1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
2Department of Psychology and Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

Received 28 September 2012; Accepted 15 October 2012

Academic Editors: A. Benvenuti, J. C. Chen, and G. Rubio

Copyright © 2013 Joseph R. DiFranza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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