A new apparatus to study behavior of triatomines under laboratory conditions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 825-832

  Aldana, Elis ^a   Otalora, Fernando ^a   Abramson, Charles I ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRIATOMA;

EID: 22944468487     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.3.825-832     Document Type: Review

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