Unsteady-state airflow and particle deposition in a three-generation human lung geometry

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 595-610

  Nazridoust, Kambiz ^a   Asgharian, Bahman ^a  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRONCHUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LIQUID; LUNG; LUNG LOBE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 42649085030     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370801939374     Document Type: Article

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