Acute effect of glucose tablets on desire to smoke

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-321

  West, R ^a   Courts, S ^a   Beharry, S ^a   May, S ^a   Hajek, P ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Craving; Glucose; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ASPARTAME; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEETENING AGENTS; TABLETS;

EID: 0033988224     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051174     Document Type: Article

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