Concentrations of four fecal steroids in wild baboons: Short-term storage conditions and consequences for data interpretation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-271

  Lynch, J W ^a   Khan, M Z ^b   Altmann, J ^a,c,d   Njahira, M N ^c   Rubenstein, N ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Estrogen; Fecal steroids; Field storage; Glucocorticoids; Papio; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IODINE 125; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE;

EID: 0037601773     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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