The effects of controlled smoking on heart period variability.

This article presents a study that examined the cardiovascular effects of a single session of repetitive cigarette smoking to investigate the possible development of short-term tolerance.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 21, 4 (2002).
Main Author:	Nabors-Oberg, R.E
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Autonomic nervous system changes. Autoregressive spectra. Cardiac function. Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular effects. Continuous electrocardiogram measurements. Controlled smoking effects. Frequency-domain measures. Gender differences. Heart period variability. Nicotine tolerance. Nonlinear indices. Parasympathetic activity. Physiological time series. Quantified smoke delivery system. Repetitive cigarette smoking. Short-term tolerance. Spectral analysis. Vagal modulation.