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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102383

LUNG FUNCTION STUDIES. V. RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE IN OLD AGE AND IN PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA

Ward S. Fowler

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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National Institute of Health Postdoctorate Fellow.

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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund and in part by a research grant from the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Published November 1, 1950 - More info

Published in Volume 29, Issue 11 on November 1, 1950
J Clin Invest. 1950;29(11):1439–1444. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102383.
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