Tissue capillary supply - It's quality not quantity that counts!

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Egginton, Stuart ^a   Gaffney, Eamonn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE CELL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 77956675219     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.053421     Document Type: Review

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