Lung morphometric changes after exposure to hypobaria and/or hypoxia and undernutrition

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-107

  Sekhon, Harmanjatinder S ^a,b   Thurlbeck, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development, lung morphometry, hypoxia; Hypoxia, lung growth; Mammals, rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030273381     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(96)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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