Modeling oxygen transport in human placental terminal villi

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-41

  Gill, J S ^a   Salafia, C M ^b   Grebenkov, D ^c   Vvedensky, D D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Diffusional screening; Placental transport; Transport efficiency

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPILLARITY; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; MODELING; OXYGEN; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAPILLARIES; CHORIONIC VILLI; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80053341429     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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