Deposition of inhaled particles in the human lung is more peripheral in lunar than in normal gravity

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 687-695

  Darquenne, Chantal ^a   Prisk, Kim G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol deposition; Lunar gravity

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MOON; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AEROSOLS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYSTYRENES; SPACE FLIGHT; VITAL CAPACITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 45849110654     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0766-y     Document Type: Article

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