Animal Models of Obesity: Perspectives on Evolution of Strategies for Their Development and Analysis of Their Phenotypes

Handbook of Obesity: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Physiopathology: Volume 1, Third Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-147

  Münzberg, Heike ^a   Henagan, Tara M ^a   Gettys, Thomas W ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84933508543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16473-17     Document Type: Chapter

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