Model organisms and model environments: A rodent laboratory in science, medicine and society

Medical History

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-368

  Ramsden, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City; Crowding; Laboratory; Model environments; Model organisms; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961049025     PISSN: 00257273     EISSN: 09505571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002572730000541X     Document Type: Article

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