The effect of morphological variability on surface deposition densities of inhaled particles in human bronchial and acinar airways

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 809-819

  Hofmann, Werner ^a   Winkler Heil, Renate ^a   Balásházy, Imre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRONCHUS; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FRACTIONATION; INHALATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PANCREAS ACINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AEROSOLS; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33745250525     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600753851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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