Helminth fauna of Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 from the suburban area of Belgrade, Serbia

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-617

  Kataranovski, D S ^a   Vukićević Radić, Olivera D ^a   Kataranovski, Milena V ^a   Radović, Dušica L ^a   Mirkov, Ivana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal helminths; Mus musculus; Serbia; Suburban area of Belgrade

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749087814     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0804609K     Document Type: Article

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