Validation of the conceptual anatomical model of the lung airway

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-269

  Fleming, John S ^a,d   Sauret, Veronique ^b   Conway, Joy H ^a   Martonen, Ted B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol deposition measurements; Airway models

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOMETRICS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 4644308094     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2004.17.260     Document Type: Article

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