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Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Vapor Exposure Paired with Two-Bottle Choice to Model Alcohol Use Disorder
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Non-uniformity of blood ethanol elimination: its exaggeration after chronic consumption

M P Salaspuro, C S Lieber

    Annals of Clinical Research
    |October 1, 1978
    PubMed

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