No difference in responsiveness to a low dose of alcohol between healthy women and men

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 603-610

  Nyberg, Sigrid ^a   Wahlström, Göran ^a   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a   Poromaa, Inger Sundström ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Clinical trial; Gender; Saccadic eye velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEDATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACCADES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 3142566340     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.03.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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