Guidelines for Assessing the Health and Condition of Mice

Lab Animal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 28-32

  Foltz, Charmaine J ^a   Ullman Cullere, Mollie ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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