Penetration of inhaled aerosols in the bronchial tree

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 25-31

  Miguel, Antonio F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b ICT Institute of Earth Sciences   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Breathing patterns; Deposition; Hess Murray law; Lungs; Penetration; Respiratory tree; Reynolds number; Stokes number

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BREATHING PATTERNS; HESS-MURRAY LAW; LUNGS; PENETRATION; RESPIRATORY TREE; STOKES NUMBER;

AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VELOCITY; ANATOMIC MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRONCHUS; INHALATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; BRONCHI; HUMANS; INHALATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 85016411128     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.03.004     Document Type: Article

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