Understanding pulmonary gas exchange: Ventilation-perfusion relationships

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1603-1604

  West, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; BREATHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 7044262956     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00024.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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