Gender differences in heart rate before and after autonomic blockade: Evidence against an intrinsic gender effect

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-543

  Burke, John H ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Ehlert, Frederick A ^a   Kruse, Jane T ^a   Parker, Michele A ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0029981056     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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