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On the removal of air-borne droplets by the human respiratory tract: I. The lung

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Calculations as to the fate of air-borne particles in the respiratory tract are given in a paper by W. Findeisen (1935). It is the purpose of the present paper to extend and modify these calculations. The results obtained for total retention in the lungs are found to be in general agreement with published data (cf. Landahl and Herrmann, 1948). The calculated results also give information on the amounts deposited in various regions as well as the amounts retained in different fractions of expired air.

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  1. Committee on Mathematical Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    H. D. Landahl

  2. Toxicity Laboratory, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    H. D. Landahl

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The work described in this paper was done in part under contract between the Medical Division, Chemical Corps, U. S. Army, and the University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory. Under the terms of the contract the Chemical Corps neither restricts nor is responsible for the opinions or conclusions of the author.

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Landahl, H.D. On the removal of air-borne droplets by the human respiratory tract: I. The lung. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 12, 43–56 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477345

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