Comparison of pH measurement devices for determining vaginal pH in cynomolgus macaques

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 39-40

  De Los Santos, George E ^a   Zuniga, Satch ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACACA; MEASUREMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; TECHNIQUE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; REAGENT STRIPS; VAGINA;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 4544259076     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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