The effect of alcohol on testosterone concentrations in alcohol-preferring and non-preferring rat lines

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1190-1193

  Apter, Susanna J ^b   Eriksson, C J Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking; Rats; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038712923     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000075832.83254.81     Document Type: Article

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