Cortisol and response to dexamethasone as predictors or withdrawal distress and abstinence success in smokers

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 525-530

  Frederick, Sydney L ^a,e   Reus, Victor I ^a   Ginsberg, Dorothy ^a   Hall, Sharon M ^a,b   Munoz, Ricardo F ^a,c   Ellman, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sonoma Developmental Center   (United States)

^e Haight Ashbury Free Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Hypothalamino pituitary adrenal axis; Nicotine; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032054364     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00423-X     Document Type: Article

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