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The avian respiratory system: a unique model for studies of respiratory toxicosis and for monitoring air quality.

There are many distinct differences (morphologic, physiologic, and mechanical) between the bird's lung-air-sac respiratory system and the mammalian bronchoalveolar lung. In this paper, we review the physiology of the avian respiratory system with attention to those mechanisms that may lead to s...

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Autores principales: Brown, R E, Brain, J D, Wang, N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9105794