Plasma Ascorbic Acid Concentrations in a Population of Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 30-32

  Preston, Alan M ^a   Bercovitch, Fred B ^b   Rodriguez, Cindy A ^b   Lebron, Manuel R ^b   Rivera, Cynthia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MACACA; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035346981     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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