"Month of Birth Effect" Does Not Alter Longitudinal Growth in an Experimental Animal Model

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 481-486

  Dechant, Jason J ^c   Mooney, Mark P ^a   Burrows, Annie M ^b   Smith, Timothy D ^b   Siegel, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0346613459     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:4<481::AID-AJHB7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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