Optimal hematocrit: Theory, regulation and implications

American Zoologist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Birchard, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746029452     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/37.1.65     Document Type: Article

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