Mixing pleasures: review of the effects of drugs on sex behavior in humans and animal models

scientific article published on 31 December 2009

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P356DOI10.1016/J.YHBEH.2009.11.009
P8608Fatcat IDrelease_65hkgdomhbabdkuezzwukaddwy
P698PubMed publication ID20004662

P2093author name stringLique M Coolen
Kyle K Pitchers
Karla S Frohmader
Margaret E Balfour
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P433issue1
P304page(s)149-162
P577publication date2009-12-31
P1433published inHormones and BehaviourQ15760887
P1476titleMixing pleasures: review of the effects of drugs on sex behavior in humans and animal models
P478volume58

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