Initiation of Parturition in Non-Human Primates

Advances in Organ Biology

Volumn 1, Issue C, 1996, Pages 61-87

  Hirst, Jonathan J ^a   Thorburn, Geoffrey D ^a  

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EID: 77956808360     PISSN: 15692590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-2590(08)60068-3     Document Type: Chapter

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