The effect of aging on nasal mucociliary clearance, beat frequency, and ultrastructure of respiratory cilia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 983-988

  Ho, James C ^a   Chan, Kwok N ^a   Hu, Wayne H ^a   Lam, Wah K ^a   Zheng, Ling ^a   Tipoe, George L ^a   Sun, June ^a   Leung, Raymond ^a   Tsang, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CILIARY MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INHALATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035060220     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.4.9909121     Document Type: Article

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