Evaluation and applications of radiotelemetry in small laboratory animals

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 197-205

  Kramer, Klaas ^a   Kinter, Lewis B ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Mouse; Rat; Research costs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DRUG RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STRESS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART RATE; HUMANS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0038387496     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00164.2002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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