Seasonal variation in vitamin D metabolites in southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) females at South Georgia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-14

  Wilske, J ^a   Arnbom, T ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

calcifediol; calcitriol; Mirounga leonina; seasonal changes; vitamin D metabolites

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029991811     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02035-7     Document Type: Article

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