Nicotine use in patients with schizophrenia evaluated by the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire: a descriptive analysis from a Brazilian sample O uso de nicotina em pacientes com esquizofrenia avaliado pelo Questionário de Tolerância de Fagerström: uma análise descritiva em uma amostra brasileira

OBJECTIVE: This is a descriptive study to determine smoking prevalence rates in a convenience sample of patients with schizophrenia and to describe clinical/demographic variables for nicotine use in this population. METHOD: Patients with schizophrenia were consecutively invited to answer a standard...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Chaves, Itiro Shirakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462008000400009