Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 113-118 , February 2005

Sex differences in ethanol liquid diet consumption in Sprague–Dawley rats

Received 13 September 2004 ,Revised 22 November 2004 ,Accepted 12 March 2005.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00060-1

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.03.002

Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 113-118 , February 2005