A new rat model for the study of obesity

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Giridharan, N ^a   Harishankar, N ^a   Satyavani, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

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