Exposure in the shoebox: Comparison of physical environment of IVCs and open rat cages

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Kemppinen, Niina ^a   Meller, Anna ^a   Björk, Erkki ^b   Kohila, Tarja ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; INDIVIDUALLY VENTILATED CAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN CAGE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATION; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 55349097896     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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