Deposition and dispersion of 1-μm aerosol boluses in the human lung: Effect of micro- and hypergravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1252-1259

  Darquenne, Chantal ^a,b   West, John B ^a   Prisk, G Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol bolus inhalation; Convective mixing; Gravity; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FLIGHT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DEPOSIT; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031714079     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.4.1252     Document Type: Article

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