An observational assessment method for aging laboratory rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-799

  Phillips, Pamela M ^a   Jarema, Kimberly A ^a   Kurtz, David M ^b   MacPhail, Robert C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN NORWAY RAT; DETERIORATION; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; MALE; OBSERVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650825895     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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