title: Regional distribution of gas in the lung.
abstract: In 1966, a paper entitled "Regional distribution of gas in the lung" was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology and became one of the 100 most-cited papers of clinical research from 1961 to 1978. The senior author provides the background and state-of-the art at the time of its publication, and reviews the main findings of the paper and subsequent developments.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Canada. milic@meakins.lan.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milic-Emili
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D011792:Quebec; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000266:history; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena