Development and use of a single-animal whole-body system for inhalation exposure

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Wong, Brian A ^a   Ross, Paul W ^a   James, R Arden ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 37249094174     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0108-33     Document Type: Article

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