III. Development of the concept of a liquid pulmonary alveolar lining layer

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 614-617

  Dorrington, K L ^a   Young, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; WATER;

AIR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; LIQUID; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUID; LUNG ALVEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0034744474     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/86.5.614     Document Type: Editorial

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