Aerosol deposition characteristics in distal acinar airways under cyclic breathing conditions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1271-1282

  Ma, Baoshun ^a,b   Darquenne, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar airway model; Computational fluid dynamics; Respiratory airflow; Respiratory dosimetry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INHALATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79956087830     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00735.2010     Document Type: Article

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