Dead space: Simplicity to complexity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Klocke, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; ART; HISTORY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33644819511     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00037.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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