Amphibian declines: An immunological perspective

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-472

  Carey, Cynthia ^a   Cohen, Nicholas ^b   Rollins Smith, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032793708     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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