Chapter 3 Maturation of intestinal function: The role of cortisol and birth

Biology of Growing Animals

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2002, Pages 111-144

  Sangild, P T ^a,b,c   Xu, R J ^a,b,c   Trahair, J F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1877-1823(09)70119-5     Document Type: Article

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