Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 87-92 , August 2003

Spine bone mineral density and vertebral body height are altered by alcohol consumption in growing male and female rats

Received 1 July 2002 ,Revised 19 June 2003 ,Accepted 28 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.06.006

Alcohol
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