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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101161

STUDIES ON THE INTRAPULMONARY MIXTURE OF GASES. I. NITROGEN ELIMINATION FROM BLOOD AND BODY TISSUES DURING HIGH OXYGEN BREATHING

Robert C. Darling, Andre Cournand, James S. Mansfield, and Dickinson W. Richards Jr.

Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

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Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City 1

Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

1

Formerly Research Division, Metropolitan Hospital, Department of Hospitals, New York City.

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Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City 1

Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

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Formerly Research Division, Metropolitan Hospital, Department of Hospitals, New York City.

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Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City 1

Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

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Formerly Research Division, Metropolitan Hospital, Department of Hospitals, New York City.

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Published July 1, 1940 - More info

Published in Volume 19, Issue 4 on July 1, 1940
J Clin Invest. 1940;19(4):591–597. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101161.
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