Effect of gender on thermoregulation and survival of hypoxic rats

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Wood, Stephen C ^a,b   Stabenau, Erich K ^a,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Hypoxia; Rats; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031907780     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02196.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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