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Research Article

Viscoelastic properties of canine tracheal mucus: effects of structural inhomogeneities and storage

A Tippe GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg/ Munich, Germany
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R Korbel GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg/ Munich, Germany
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A Ziesenis GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg/ Munich, Germany
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J Heyder GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg/ Munich, Germany
Pages 259-264 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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