Observations on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and calcium concentrations from wild-caught and captive neotropical bats, Artibeus jamaicensis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-231

  Kwiecinski, Gary G ^a   Zhiren, Lu ^b   Chen, Tai C ^b   Holick, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Provitamin D.; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Serum calcium

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DIET; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035021773     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7635     Document Type: Article

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