Airway and alveolar permeability and surface liquid thickness: Theory

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Widdicombe, John ^a,b  

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

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway surface liquid; lung tracer clearance; mucociliary transport; mucus; mucus thickness; permeability coefficient

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PENTETATE INDIUM IN 113M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SUCROSE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

EID: 0031026464     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.3     Document Type: Review

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