Closed circuit rebreathing to achieve inert gas wash-in for multiple breath wash-out

Alex R. Horsley, Katherine O'Neill, Damian G. Downey, J. Stuart Elborn, Nicholas J. Bell, Jaclyn Smith, John Owers-Bradley

Source: ERJ Open Res 2016
Journal Issue: March

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