Mechanistic interpretation of the slow bronchial clearance phase

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Sturm, Robert ^a   Hofmann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LUNG CLEARANCE; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0141744976     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006201     Document Type: Article

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