Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 165-171 , April 2003

Blood ethanol concentration profiles: a comparison between rats and mice

  • Daniel J. Livy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 5.01 Medical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
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  • Scott E. Parnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center,College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA
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  • James R. West

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center,College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-979-845-4991; fax: +1-979-845-0790

Received 22 February 2002 ,Revised 17 February 2003 ,Accepted 17 February 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00025-9

Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 165-171 , April 2003

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