Relating oxygen partial pressure, saturation and content: the haemoglobin–oxygen dissociation curve

Collins Julie-Ann, Rudenski Aram, Gibson John, Howard Luke, O’Driscoll Ronan

Source: Breathe 2015; 11:194-201
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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