Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 153-158 , November 2001

Sleep disturbances after acute exposure to alcohol in mothers’ milk

Received 27 December 2000 ,Revised 7 May 2001 ,Accepted 25 June 2001.

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