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Measurement of nicotine withdrawal symptoms: linguistic validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (WSWS) in Malay

Awaisu A 1 , Samsudin S , Amir NA , Omar CG , Hashim MI , Mohamad MH Show all authors , Shafie AA , Hassali MA

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  • 1 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
BMC Med Res Methodol, 2010;10:46.
PMID: 20492717 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-46

Abstract

The purpose of the linguistic validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (WSWS) was to produce a translated version in Malay language which was "conceptually equivalent" to the original U.S. English version for use in clinical practice and research.

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