Multiple-breath washin of helium and sulfur hexafluoride in sustained microgravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 244-252

  Prisk, G Kim ^a   Elliott, Ann R ^b   Guy, Harold J B ^b   Verbanck, Sylvia ^b   Paiva, Manuel ^b   West, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convective inhomogeneity; Distribution of pulmonary ventilation; Humans; Intraacinar inhomogeneity; Phase III of expiration; Spaceflight; Specific ventilation; Zero gravity

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMODYNAMICS; TIDAL VOLUME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031910285     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.1.244     Document Type: Article

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