Medical and veterinary students' structural knowledge of pulmonary physiology concepts

Academic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 362-368

  McGaghie, William C ^a,b   McCrimmon, Donald R ^a   Thompson, Jason A ^b   Ravitch, Michael M ^b   Mitchell, Gordon ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0034015923     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200004000-00016     Document Type: Article

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