An interactive computer program to replace in vivo experiments on rat blood pressure for teaching undergraduate students

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 707-714

  Dewhurst, David ^a   Hughes, Ian ^b   Williams, Alan ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Computer assisted learning (CAL); Computer simulation; Interactive program; Pharmacology teaching

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000359340     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119299602400508     Document Type: Article

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