Lung deposition of particles by airway generation in healthy subjects: Three-dimensional radionuclide imaging and numerical model prediction

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 205-215

  Hashish, Adel H ^a,b   Fleming, John S ^c   Conway, Joy ^c   Halson, Peter ^c   Moore, Elizabeth ^c   Williams, Trevor J ^b   Bailey, Adrian G ^b   Nassim, Michael ^d   Holgate, Stephen T ^c  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinical Pharmacology and DMPK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

HUMAN AIRWAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; METHODOLOGY; NEBULIZER; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031985979     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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