Mortality and morbidity in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) associated with construction noise and vibrations

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-256

  Felt, Stephen A ^a   Cowan, Andrea M ^a   Luong, Richard ^a   Green, Sherril L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LUNG INFLATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SKIN EXFOLIATION; VIBRATION SENSE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; NOISE; VIBRATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84859114434     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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