A numerical model of nasal odorant transport for the analysis of human olfaction

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-301

  Keyhani, Keyvan ^a   Scherer, Peter W ^a   Mozell, Maxwell M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; MODEL; NOSE CAVITY; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0031558018     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0347     Document Type: Article

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