Oxygen supply, body size, and metabolic rate at the beginning of mammalian life

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 253-259

  Singer, D ^a   Ince, A ^b   Hallmann, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Hypoxia tolerance; Metabolic rate; Neonate; Oxygen supply

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; RESPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037137036     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00254-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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