A simple, inexpensive, and effective light-carrying laryngoscopic blade for orotracheal intubation of rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-93

  Molthen, Robert C ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; IN VIVO CULTURE; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; LARYNX; LIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNX; LIGHT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33645882534     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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