Acute effects of cigarette smoking on the QT interval in healthy smokers

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-492

  Andrássy, Gábor ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b   Dunai, Andrea ^b   Simon, Eszter ^b   Nagy, Tímea ^b   Trummer, Zsófia ^b   Tahy, Ádám ^b   Varro, András ^b  

^a I Belgyógyászat Kardiológiai Osztály   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0042063749     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00678-7     Document Type: Article

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