Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , May 2005

Different stages in the temporal course of estrogen treatment produce opposite effects on voluntary alcohol consumption in male rats

Received 10 November 2004 ,Revised 31 May 2005 ,Accepted 7 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.06.003

Alcohol
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