Effects of exercise on cravings to smoke: The role of exercise intensity and cortisol

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Scerbo, Filippe ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^b   Taylor, Adrian ^b   Thomas, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cravings; Exercise; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SALIVA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WALKING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NICOTINE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SALIVA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949135154     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903390089     Document Type: Article

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