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. 1963 May;166(2):408–418.1. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1963.sp007112

Body weight and food intake as initiating factors for puberty in the rat

G C Kennedy, J Mitra
PMCID: PMC1359337  PMID: 14031944

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