A modeling study of the effect of gravity on airflow distribution and particle deposition in the lung

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 473-481

  Asgharian, Bahman ^a   Price, Owen ^a   Oberdörster, Gunter ^b  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; COSMONAUT; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; INHALATION; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LOBE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SPACE FLIGHT; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 33645787038     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600602009     Document Type: Article

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