Departures from the physical optimality in the bronchial tree of rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 411-419

  Canals, Mauricio ^a   Atala, Christian ^a   Olivares, Ricardo ^a   Nova, Francisco F ^a   Rosenmann, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Broncography; Junction optimality; Lung; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RATS;

EID: 0036436778     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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