Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the 'tyranny of the Golden Mean'.

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Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the 'tyranny of the Golden Mean'. is …
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P356DOI10.1098/RSTB.2007.0003
P932PMC publication ID2606721
P698PubMed publication ID18048295
P5875ResearchGate publication ID5800249

P2093author name stringTony D Williams
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P433issue1497
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P304page(s)1687-1698
P577publication date2008-05-01
P1433published inPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society BQ2153239
P1476titleIndividual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the 'tyranny of the Golden Mean'.
P478volume363

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