Atmospheric Waste Isoflurane Concentrations Using Conventional Equipment and Rat Anesthesia Protocols

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 10-17

  Smith, Jennifer C ^a   Bolon, Brad ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOFLURANE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0036516534     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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