A randomised trial of glucose tablets to aid smoking cessation

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-635

  West, Robert ^a   May, Sylvia ^a   McEwen, Andy ^a   McRobbie, Hayden ^b   Hajek, Peter ^c   Vangeli, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Glucose; RCT; Smoking cessation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; GLUCOSE; SORBITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TABLET;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BUPROPION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SMOKING CESSATION; TABLETS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 72049109156     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1692-3     Document Type: Article

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