Anomalous behavior of helium and sulfur hexafluoride during single-breath tests in sustained microgravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1126-1132

  Prisk, G Kim ^a   Lauzon, Anne Marie ^b   Verbanck, Sylvia ^b   Elliott, Ann R ^b   Guy, Harold J B ^b   Paiva, Manuel ^b   West, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acinar geometry; cardiogenic mixing; convection; diffusion; inhomogeneity; phase III slope

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH HOLDING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029924220     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1126     Document Type: Article

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