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The recovery of 1μm aerosol particles from large human airways.
J. Aerosol Sci. 23, 477-481 (1992)
Aerosol particles with aerodynamic diameters (dac) of about 1.1 μm were inspired into human conducting airways by the bolus inhalation technique. Inhaling small volumes of aerosols ("20 cm3 - boluses") at the very end of a clean air inhalation these particles should only reach conducting human airways. Particle recoveries (RC) in the exhaled air after various periods of breath holding (tb) were measured in front of the mouth with an aerosol laser photometer. Assuming that losses of the inhaled particles were caused by sedimentation during breath holding periods, the slope of the recovery function (RC(tb)) is a measure of the airway dimensions where the particles were located at end inhalation. This function can be estimated theoretically. By comparing bolus recovery data to model calculations, assuming different aerosol distributions in airway models, and both still and stirred settling, it could be shown that aerosol boluses inhaled to lung depths < 40 cm3 do not reach alveolar airspaces during inhalation.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Aerosol Inhalation ; Bolus Technique ; Deposition In Conducting Airways ; Human Lungs ; Model Calculations ; Particle Deposition ; Recovery ; Tracheobronchial Deposition
Language
english
Publication Year
1992
HGF-reported in Year
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0021-8502
e-ISSN
1879-1964
Journal
Journal of Aerosol Science
Quellenangaben
Volume: 23,
Issue: Suppl. 1,
Pages: 477-481
Publisher
Elsevier
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Departments & Institutes
Scopus ID
0026977988
Erfassungsdatum
1992-12-31