Body composition, age and fertility among free-ranging female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a   Gerald, Melissa S ^b,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aging; Fat; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LACTATION; MACACA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 1842586072     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2004.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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