'Dewatering' of the lungs at birth

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Hills, Brian A ^a   Masters, I Brent ^a  

^a MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15444359560     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.79.3.F221     Document Type: Article

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