Estimation of thickness of airway surface liquid in ferret trachea in vitro

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 761-767

  Duneclift, S ^a   Wells, U ^a   Widdicombe, J ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway clearance; Airway mucus; Airway permeability

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METHACHOLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; FLUID SHIFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA MUCUS;

EID: 0030881017     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.3.761     Document Type: Article

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