The Effect of Qat Chewing on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Healthy Volunteers

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-108

  Hassan, Nageeb A G M ^a   Gunaid, Abdullah A ^a   Abdo Rabbo, Ahmed A ^a   Abdel Kader, Zaki Y ^a   al Mansoob, Mohamed A K ^a   Awad, Amin Y ^a   Murray Lyon, Iain M ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG MONITORING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YEMEN;

CATHA EDULIS; CELASTRACEAE;

EID: 0034031157     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000219     Document Type: Article

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