Establishment of an aging farm of F344/N rats and C57BL/6 mice at the National Institute for Longevity Sciences (NILS)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-223

  Tanaka, Shin ^a   Segawa, Takeshi ^a   Tamaya, Norika ^a   Ohno, Tamio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging farm; Aging farm guide; C57BL 6 mice; F344 N rats; Survivability

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034120221     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(00)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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