Experimental design and husbandry

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Festing, Michael F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bias; experimental design; precision; randomized blocks; statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030893437     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00032-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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