Effect of tracheal and tongue displacement on upper airway airflow dynamics

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2171-2178

  Rowley, James A ^a,b   Permutt, Solbert ^a   Willey, Shannon ^a   Smith, Philip L ^a   Schwartz, Alan R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

collapsibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TONGUE; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0030035525     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.6.2171     Document Type: Article

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