Ventilation heterogeneity: Small length scales, big challenges

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 851-852

  Bayat, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LUNG; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84866391618     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00713.2012     Document Type: Editorial

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