Comparing rat's to human's age: How old is my rat in people years?

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 775-777

  Quinn, Robert ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19544370569     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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