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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103569

The Mechanical Behavior of the Lungs in Healthy Elderly Persons

N. R. Frank, J. Mead, and B. G. Ferris Jr.

aDepartment of Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

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This study was aided by a grant from The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

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Presented in part before The National Tuberculosis Association, May 21 to 23, 1956, New York, and The American Physiological Society, September 4 to 7, 1956, Rochester, New York.

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aDepartment of Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was aided by a grant from The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

2

Presented in part before The National Tuberculosis Association, May 21 to 23, 1956, New York, and The American Physiological Society, September 4 to 7, 1956, Rochester, New York.

Find articles by Mead, J. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

aDepartment of Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was aided by a grant from The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

2

Presented in part before The National Tuberculosis Association, May 21 to 23, 1956, New York, and The American Physiological Society, September 4 to 7, 1956, Rochester, New York.

Find articles by Ferris, B. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published December 1, 1957 - More info

Published in Volume 36, Issue 12 on December 1, 1957
J Clin Invest. 1957;36(12):1680–1687. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103569.
© 1957 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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