Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 161-165 , November 2003

Failure of a schedule-induction procedure to increase ethanol intake in an established limited-access self-administration condition

Received 28 May 2003 ,Revised 23 August 2003 ,Accepted 29 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.08.005

Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 161-165 , November 2003

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