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Idiographically determined versus standard absorption periods in alcohol administration studies

Rebecca L Schacht1, Susan A Stoner, William H George

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA. rschacht@u.washington.edu <rschacht@u.washington.edu>

Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research
|March 25, 2010
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