Is pK OK?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 306, Issue 14, 1982, Pages 864-866

  Hood, I ^a   Campbell, E J M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PH; THERMODYNAMICS; ACID BASE BALANCE; EDITORIAL; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

BICARBONATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0020477304     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198204083061410     Document Type: Editorial

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