An approach to deposition and clearance measurements in human airways

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Scheuch, Gerhard ^a   Stahlhofen, Willi ^a   Heyder, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aerosol inhalation; bolus inhalation; mucociliary clearance; regional aerosol deposition; respiratory aerosol probe

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRY DEPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACOKINETICS;

EID: 0029873715     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.1996.9.35     Document Type: Article

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