Contraception in the chimpanzee: 12-year experience at the CIRMF Primate Centre, Gabon

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-34

  Bourry, Olivier ^a   Peignot, Patricia ^a   Rouquet, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Melengesterol acetate implant; Non human primates; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG IMPLANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GABON; GENITAL SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GABON; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 12744263257     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2004.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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