Teaching the effects of gravity and intravascular and alveolar pressures on the distribution of pulmonary blood flow using a classic paper by West et al

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-8

  Levitzky, Michael G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary blood flow; Starling resistor; Vascular waterfall; Zones of the lung

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644450807     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00051.2005     Document Type: Review

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