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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Original Article

Potentiation of heroin and methadone hepatotoxicity by ethanol: an in vitro study using cultured human hepatocytes

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Pages 471-478 | Received 02 Jul 1991, Accepted 26 Oct 1991, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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