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Ondansetron and alcohol pharmacokinetics

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  1. MRC Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Littlemore Hospital, OX4 4XN, Oxford, UK

    B. A. Johnson, J. Rue & P. J. Cowen

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Johnson, B.A., Rue, J. & Cowen, P.J. Ondansetron and alcohol pharmacokinetics. Psychopharmacology 112, 145 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02247376

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