Repeated sampling but not sampling hour affects plasma carotenoid levels

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Pérez Rodríguez, Lorenzo ^a   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Viñuela, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

BIOMETRY; BLOOD; CAROTENOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PASSERINE; SAMPLING; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847084374     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510638     Document Type: Article

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