Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 149-156 , April 2003

Minimal exposure to ethanol increases ethanol preference in Maudsley reactive male rats

Received 10 June 2002 ,Revised 6 January 2003 ,Accepted 15 January 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00023-5

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