Cell turnover time in the respiratory tract of animals (rat & mouse)

Range Table - link days
Organism Rodent
Reference Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES, Karhausen LR, Howells GP, Tipton IH. Report of the Task Group on Reference Man. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press, 1975. International commission on radiological protection, ICRP Publication 23, link p.172 bottom of page
Primary Source See pointers to refs on top of table and list of refs at bottom of link (beginning on p.237)
Comments P.172 bottom paragraph: "Estimates of cell turnover times for the tissues of the human respiratory tract have not been found. Widely differing estimates have been reported for rats and mice. A few references and ranges of values are listed, but these ranges may include estimates from several references and by different techniques."
Entered by Uri M
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