Quantitative analysis of the oxygen transfer in the human acinus

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 605, Issue , 2008, Pages 167-172

  Filoche, Marcel ^a,b   Moreira, André A ^c   Andrade Jr , José S ^a,c   Sapoval, Bernard ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACINAR CELL; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS TRANSPORT; HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; DIFFUSION; LUNG; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

DIFFUSION; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 38449096628     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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