The collaboration of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier and the first measurements of human oxygen consumption

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Illustrations of equipment; Metabolism; Phlogiston theory; Respiratory gases

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CHARCOAL; COPPER; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULATION; COMBUSTION; DRAWING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCIENTIST; WAR;

CHEMISTRY; ILLUSTRATIONS OF EQUIPMENT; METABOLISM; PHLOGISTON THEORY; RESPIRATORY GASES;

BREATH TESTS; CALORIMETRY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84889012862     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00228.2013     Document Type: Article

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