Preliminary findings on the interactive effects of IV ethanol and IV nicotine on human behavior and cognition: A laboratory study

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 596-606

  Ralevski, Elizabeth ^a   Perry, Edward B ^a,b,c   D'Souza, D Cyril ^a,b,c   Bufis, Vanessa ^a   Elander, Jacqueline ^a   Limoncelli, Diana ^a   Vendetti, Michael ^a   Dean, Erica ^a   Cooper, Thomas B ^d,e   McKee, Sherry ^a   Petrakis, Ismene ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; BREATH ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEDATION; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84860500509     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr258     Document Type: Article

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