Aerosol deposition in the upper airways of a child

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-289

  De Jongh, F H C ^a,b,c   Rinkel, M J G ^a   Hoeijmakers, H W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Children; Mathematical modelling; Upper airway deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; NOSE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 33750963995     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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