Age dependency on some physiological and biochemical parameters of male Wistar rats in controlled environment

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1224-1233

  Nistiar, Frantisek ^a   Racz, Oliver ^a   Lukacinova, Agnesa ^a   Hubkova, Beata ^a   Novakova, Jaroslava ^a   Lovasova, Eva ^a   Sedlakova, Eva ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

comparison of human and rat life span; Male Wistar rats; reference values; serum proteins

Indexed keywords

AGE DEPENDENCE; AGE DEPENDENCY; AVERAGE LIFE; BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INTAKE; LIFE SPAN; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM CHEMISTRY; SERUM PROTEINS; TOTAL PROTEIN; WATER INTAKES; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; INLET FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RATS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALBUMIN; FERRITIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

AGE DEPENDENCE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SURVIVAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84861075012     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.672071     Document Type: Article

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