Changes in heart rate variability associated with acute alcohol consumption: Current knowledge and implications for practice and research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1092-1105

  Romanowicz, Magdalena ^a   Schmidt, John E ^a,b   Bostwick, John M ^a   Mrazek, David A ^a   Karpyak, Victor M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute alcohol consumption; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79956133768     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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