Mouse Enrichment

The Laboratory Mouse

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 547-566

  Bayne, Kathryn ^a   Würbel, Hanno ^b  

^a AAALAC International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84884434443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382008-2.00023-4     Document Type: Chapter

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