Clearance of particles from small ciliated airways

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-515

  Falk, Rolf ^a   Philipson, Klas ^b   Svartengren, Magnus ^b,c   Jarvis, Naomi ^d   Bailey, Michael ^d   Camner, Per ^b  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchioles; Lung retention; Mucociliary clearance; Particle deposition

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; POLITEF;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DEPOSIT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 0030701915     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902149709039240     Document Type: Article

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