Environmental factors and puberty in non-human primates

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 85, Issue 417, 1996, Pages 89-91

  Plant, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MONKEY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEASON;

EID: 0030485051     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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