Analgesic Efficacy of Acetaminophen and Buprenorphine Administered in the Drinking Water of Rats

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 58-62

  Cooper, Dale M ^a   DeLong, David ^b   Gillett, Cynthia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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