Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 815-822, November 2009

Validity and Reliability of Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence

  • Tetsuya Otani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tetsuya Otani, Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.
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  • Chiharu Yoshii, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Masato Kano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Shin-nakagawa Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Masako Kitada, MS

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Commercial Science, Sapporo Gakuin University, Ebetsu, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Koji Inagaki, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Hygiene, Aichi-Gakuin University Junior College, Nagoya, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Narito Kurioka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Johoku Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Takeshi Isomura, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Reset Behavioral Research Group, Nagoya, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Megumi Hara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
    • The Kano Test for Social Nicotine Dependence (KTSND) Working Group in Research Group on Smoke-Free Psychology, Japan
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  • Yukitoshi Okubo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corporate Human Resources Division, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Koyama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Received 17 November 2008; accepted 5 March 2009. published online 20 May 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00091-X

doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.03.016

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 815-822, November 2009

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