How to construct a given group as multiplicative group of field

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Question:

Assume an abelian group $G$ is given. Then, is there a field $F$ such that $F^{\times} \cong G$ ? What is the necessary and sufficient condition about G?

I already know :

  1. If $G$ is finite and $\# G + 1$ is not power of any prime, then such a F can not exist.

  2. The multiplicative group of finite field is cyclic. So, if finite group $G$ is not cyclic, $F$ can not exist.