A comprehensive assessment of neurocognition in middle-aged chronic cigarette smokers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,b   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,b   Nixon, Sara Jo ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cigarette smoking; Cognition; Middle age; Neurocognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84858449955     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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