Impact of Room Ventilation Rates on Mouse Cage Ventilation and Microenvironment

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-79

  Reeb, Carolyn K ^a   Jones, Robert B ^a   Bearg, David W ^b   Bedigian, Hendrick ^a   Paigen, Beverly ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Life Energy Associates   (United States)

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