Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 125-135 , November 2003

Autoshaping of ethanol drinking in rats: effects of ethanol concentration and trial spacing

Received 8 May 2003 ,Revised 7 August 2003 ,Accepted 18 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.08.003

Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 125-135 , November 2003

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