An Optimal Bronchial tree may be dangerous

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6975, 2004, Pages 633-636

  Muroy, B ^a   Filoche, M ^a,b   Welbel, E R ^c   Sapoval, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

BRONCHIAL TREES; FRACTAL TREES;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

BIOLOGY;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; AIRWAY DIAMETER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIDAL VOLUME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1342346708     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02287     Document Type: Article

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