Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2005

A physiologically based model for ethanol and acetaldehyde metabolism in human beings

Received 19 August 2004 ,Revised 2 November 2004 ,Accepted 7 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.11.004

Alcohol
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