How well designed is the human lung?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-584

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; EMPHYSEMA; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 33644845307     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200510-1682OE     Document Type: Short Survey

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