Comparison of two quantitative methods of discerning, airspace enlargement in smoke-exposed mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Jacob, Richard E ^a   Carson, James P ^a   Gideon, Kathy M ^b   Amidan, Brett G ^a   Smith, Cathie L ^b   Lee, K Monica ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MANUAL MEASUREMENT; MEAN LINEAR INTERCEPT; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY AIRSPACE ENLARGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOMETRY; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; SMOKE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; SMOKE;

EID: 68949216434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006670     Document Type: Article

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