Association between cigarette smoking and erectile tumescence: The mediating role of heart rate variability

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 155-159

  Harte, C B ^a,b   Meston, C M ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

erectile function; heart rate variability; mediation; penile hemodynamics; smoking; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MOOD STABILIZER; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84880329513     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2012.43     Document Type: Article

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