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Reliability and Validity of the Fagerstrom Test for Cigarettes Dependence among Malaysian Adolescents

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LIM KH, THE CH, LIM HL, KHOO YY, LAU KJ, YY C, MOHD GHAZALIG S, KEE CC CC, LIM KK, IBRAHIM N, YUSOFF FM. Reliability and Validity of the Fagerstrom Test for Cigarettes Dependence among Malaysian Adolescents. Iran J Public Health. 2016;45(1):104-105.