Fecal steroid research in the field and laboratory: Improved methods for storage, transport, processing, and analysis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-174

  Ziegler, Toni E ^a,b   Wittwer, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal steroids; Reproductive function; Sample processing

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA NEMESTRINA; PRIMATES;

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FECES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PRIMATES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 27744520151     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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