Fatal breathing is not inhibited by ethanol exposure during prolonged reduced uterine blood flow

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1016-1024

  Watson, C S ^a   White, S E ^a   Homan, J ^a   Abdollah, S ^b   Brien, J F ^b   Challis, J R G ^a   Bocking, A D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fetal breathing; Hypoxia; Ovine fetus; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; ETHANOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0030443201     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-105     Document Type: Article

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