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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103281

A RAPID PLETHYSMOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR MEASURING THORACIC GAS VOLUME: A COMPARISON WITH A NITROGEN WASHOUT METHOD FOR MEASURING FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY IN NORMAL SUBJECTS

Arthur B. DuBois, Stella Y. Botelho, George N. Bedell, Robert Marshall, and Julius H. Comroe Jr.

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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This investigation was supported in part by a research grant, H-406 from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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This investigation was supported in part by a research grant, H-406 from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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This investigation was supported in part by a research grant, H-406 from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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This investigation was supported in part by a research grant, H-406 from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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This investigation was supported in part by a research grant, H-406 from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.

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Published March 1, 1956 - More info

Published in Volume 35, Issue 3 on March 1, 1956
J Clin Invest. 1956;35(3):322–326. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103281.
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