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. 1960 May;39(5):795–801. doi: 10.1172/JCI104097

NON-UNIFORM PULMONARY DIFFUSION AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE CARBON MONOXIDE EQUILIBRATION TECHNIQUE: MATHEMATICAL CONSIDERATIONS*

Benjamin Burrows 1,2, Albert H Niden 1,2, Paul V Harper Jr 1,2, William R Barclay 1,2
PMCID: PMC293372  PMID: 13806296

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