Design of peripheral airways for efficient gas exchange

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 3-21

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a   Sapoval, Bernard ^b   Filoche, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity; Gas exchange; Peripheral airways; Pulmonary acinus; Screening

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; BRONCHIOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; GAS; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG VENTILATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCREENING;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 23644455973     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.03.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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