Partial agonism at nicotinic receptors with varenicline--a new approach to smoking cessation

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¹ School of Science, Faculty of Education, Health and Science, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia. sheila.doggrell@cdu.edu.au

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Sheila A Doggrell. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2006 Dec.

. 2006 Dec;7(18):2599-603.

doi: 10.1517/14656566.7.18.2599.

¹ School of Science, Faculty of Education, Health and Science, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia. sheila.doggrell@cdu.edu.au

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