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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 6, 1980 - Issue 3
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Rats as models for the study of obesity

E. J. Masoro Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78284, U.S.A.
Pages 261-270 | Received 13 Jul 1979, Accepted 30 Jul 1979, Published online: 27 Sep 2007

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