The influence of strain on demand functions for water in rats (Rattus Norvegicus)

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Sorensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^a   Lawson, Lartey Godwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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