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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102575

LUNG FUNCTION STUDIES. VIII. ANALYSIS OF ALVEOLAR VENTILATION BY PULMONARY N2 CLEARANCE CURVES

Ward S. Fowler, E. R. Cornish Jr., and Seymour S. Kety

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

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Part of this work was done during tenure of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctorate Fellowship.

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Presented in part before the Physiological Society of Philadelphia (1) and the American Physiological Society (2).

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Supported in part by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service and in part by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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

3

Part of this work was done during tenure of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctorate Fellowship.

1

Presented in part before the Physiological Society of Philadelphia (1) and the American Physiological Society (2).

2

Supported in part by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service and in part by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

Find articles by Cornish, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

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

3

Part of this work was done during tenure of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctorate Fellowship.

1

Presented in part before the Physiological Society of Philadelphia (1) and the American Physiological Society (2).

2

Supported in part by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service and in part by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

Find articles by Kety, S. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published January 1, 1952 - More info

Published in Volume 31, Issue 1 on January 1, 1952
J Clin Invest. 1952;31(1):40–50. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102575.
© 1952 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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