Temperature Regulation in Mammals and Other Vertebrates.by John Bligh
β Scribed by Review by: C. Richard Taylor
- Book ID
- 124464265
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-5770
- DOI
- 10.2307/2822980
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