The inhibitory effects of nicotine on physiological sexual arousal in nonsmoking women: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1184-1197

  Harte, Christopher B ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Sexual Arousal; Smoking; Vaginal Photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VAGINA;

EID: 42949157881     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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