The laboratory rat: Relating its age with human's

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 624-630

  Sengupta, Pallav ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adult; Human age; Laboratory rat; Physiology; Puberty; Rat age

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; EPIPHYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMUR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; ILIAC CREST; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; LENS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; METACARPAL BONE; MOLAR TOOTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PHALANX; PUBERTY; RADIUS; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHOULDER; TIBIA; ULNA; WEANING; WRIST;

EID: 84878898016     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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