Euthanasia and Necropsy

The Laboratory Rat

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 665-678

  Everitt, Jeffrey I ^a   Gross, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79954419044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012074903-4/50023-6     Document Type: Chapter

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