A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques

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A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques. / Augustsson, Hanna; Hau, Jann.

In: Journal of Medical Primatology, Vol. 28, No. 2, 04.1999, p. 84-90.

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Augustsson, H & Hau, J 1999, 'A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques', Journal of Medical Primatology, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00255.x

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Augustsson, H., & Hau, J. (1999). A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques. Journal of Medical Primatology, 28(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00255.x

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Augustsson H, Hau J. A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques. Journal of Medical Primatology. 1999 Apr;28(2):84-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00255.x

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Augustsson, Hanna ; Hau, Jann. / A simple ethological monitoring system to assess social stress in group-housed laboratory rhesus macaques. In: Journal of Medical Primatology. 1999 ; Vol. 28, No. 2. pp. 84-90.

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