The impact of breathing pattern and lung size on the alcohol breath test

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-272

  Hlastala, Michael P ^a   Anderson, Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway gas exchange; Bronchial circulation; Ethyl alcohol; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

AIRWAY GAS EXCHANGE; BRONCHIAL CIRCULATION; END-EXHALED ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (EEAC);

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ARTIFACTS; BREATH TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 33846304302     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9216-3     Document Type: Article

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