Alcohol
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 45-53 , January 2000

Ontogeny of ethanol elimination and ethanol-induced hypothermia

  • Marisa M Silveri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Binghamton University, Box 6000, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
    • ,
  • Linda Patia Spear

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Binghamton University, Box 6000, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 607-777-2825; Fax: 607-777-6418.(L.P. Spear)

Received 11 December 1998 ,Revised 17 June 1999 ,Accepted 2 July 1999.

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