Postnatal lung function in the developing rat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1167-1176

  Bolle, Ines ^a   Eder, Gunter ^a   Takenaka, Shinji ^a   Ganguly, Koustav ^a   Karrasch, Stefan ^a   Zeller, Claudia ^a   Neuner, Maria ^a   Kreyling, Wolfgang G ^a   Tsuda, Akira ^b   Schulz, Holger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead space volume; Diffusing capacity; Intrapulmonary gas mixing; Respiratory mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 41949131843     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00587.2007     Document Type: Article

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