Multiparous species present problems (and possibilities) to developmentalists

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-150

  Zorrilla, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Multiparous species; Rats; Reliability; Review; Sensitivity; Study design and analysis; Two stage sampling; Violation of statistical assumptions; Within litter analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; COHORT EFFECT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MICE; PARITY; PERIODICALS; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031092108     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199703)30:2<141::AID-DEV5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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