Alcohol Abuse: Critical Pathophysiological Processes and Contribution to Disease Burden
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Alcohol abuse: critical pathophysiological processes and contribution to disease burden.
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1548-9213,1548-9221
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00055.2013