A single 4 mg dose of nicotine decreases heart rate variability in healthy nonsmokers: Implications for smoking cessation programs

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 369-372

  Sjoberg, Nicholas ^a   Saint, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 79956123208     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr004     Document Type: Article

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