The role of cardiac shunts in the regulation of arterial blood gases

American Zoologist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-22

  Wang, Tobias ^a   Krosniunas, Egle H ^a   Hicks, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0343525099     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/37.1.12     Document Type: Article

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