Smoking, anxiety, and attention: Support for the role of nicotine in attentionally mediated anxiolysis

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Kassel, Jon D ^a   Unrod, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034098660     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.109.1.161     Document Type: Article

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