"Calorimetry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The measurement of the quantity of heat involved in various processes, such as chemical reactions, changes of state, and formations of solutions, or in the determination of the heat capacities of substances. The fundamental unit of measurement is the joule or the calorie (4.184 joules). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
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D002151
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.196.131
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calorimetry" by people in Profiles.
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Potential role of cardiac calsequestrin in the lethal arrhythmic effects of cocaine. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Dec 01; 133(2):344-51.
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Capnometry and air insufflation for assessing initial placement of gastric tubes. Am J Crit Care. 2007 Nov; 16(6):544-9; quiz 550.
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Assessment of intra-SR free [Ca] and buffering in rat heart. Biophys J. 1997 Sep; 73(3):1524-31.
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Central role of brown adipose tissue thyroxine 5'-deiodinase on thyroid hormone-dependent thermogenic response to cold. Endocrinology. 1991 Apr; 128(4):2149-59.