Aerosol dispersion in human lung: Comparison between numerical simulations and experiments for bolus tests

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 966-974

  Darquenne, Chantal ^a,c   Brand, Peter ^b   Heyder, Joachim ^b   Paiva, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport simulation; Bolus inhalations; Convective mixing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS MIXING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030865312     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.3.966     Document Type: Article

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