Characterising respiratory airway gas mixing using a lumped parameter model of the pulmonary acinus

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 241-248

  Tawhai, Merryn Howatson ^a   Hunter, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airways, model; Gas exchange, acinar gas mixing; Mammals, humans; Model, pulmonary acinus, gas mixing

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS MIXING; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

BRONCHI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 0034905956     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(01)00238-9     Document Type: Article

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