Minutialization at its extreme best!. The underpinnings of the remarkable strengths of the air and the blood capillaries of the avian lung: A conundrum

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Maina, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CAPILLARY; FOWL; GAS EXCHANGE; LETTER; LUNG; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPILLARIES; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 35248875786     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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