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Commentary 'Effects of asymmetric branch flow rates on aerosol deposition in bifurcating airways', by Z. Zhang, C. Kleinstreuer and C. S. Kim

T. Martonen National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, and Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Pages 124-126 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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