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Occurrence of Urinary Calculi in Rats exposed to High Concentrations of Oxygen with Added Carbon Dioxide

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In the course of an investigation1 of the pulmonary responses of animals exposed to high concentrations of oxygen at atmospheric pressure (OAP) and to high concentrations of oxygen at atmospheric pressure to which 9–13 per cent carbon dioxide was added (OAP + CO2), discrete, amorphous, non-crystalline masses were found in the urinary bladder at autopsy.

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  1. CHARLES WELSTEAD SMITH

    Present address: Department of Physiology, University Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus

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  1. Department of Physiology, Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry, Jersey City, New Jersey

    CHARLES WELSTEAD SMITH & FREDERICK A. DECLEMENT

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SMITH, C., DECLEMENT, F. Occurrence of Urinary Calculi in Rats exposed to High Concentrations of Oxygen with Added Carbon Dioxide. Nature 203, 85–86 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203085a0

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