Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 663-672 , September 2007

Smoking initiation and nicotine dependence symptoms in Ukraine: Findings from the Ukraine World Mental Health survey

  • Charles P.M. Webb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, USA
    • ,
  • Evelyn J. Bromet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Putnam Hall, South Campus, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 117948790, USA. Tel.: +16316328853; fax: +16316329433.
    • ,
  • Nathan L. Tintle

      Affiliations

    • Hope College, Holland, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph E. Schwartz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, USA
    • ,
  • Semyon F. Gluzman

      Affiliations

    • Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, Kyiv, Ukraine
    • ,
  • Stanislav Kostyuchenko

      Affiliations

    • Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, Kyiv, Ukraine
    • ,
  • Johan M. Havenaar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 25 April 2006 ,Revised 31 October 2006 ,Accepted 16 November 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00080-7

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.11.017

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 663-672 , September 2007

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