Electrical conductivity to predict body composition of mammals and the effect of gastrointestinal contents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 279-286

  Voltura, Mary Beth ^a   Wunder, Bruce A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Electrical conductivity; Lipid; Microtus ochrogaster; Voles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000961260     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382864     Document Type: Article

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