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By means of physicomathematical models similar to those used by A. B. Chilton and R. W. Stacy (1952) formulas are obtained for the purpose of analyzing oxygen respiration in man under conditions of metabolic equilibrium. The formulas are applied to conditions involving a variety of physiological assumptions. Calculated quantities are shown to be in agreement with experimental values. A quantitative prediction is made of the fluctuation in alveolar oxygen tension over a single respiratory cycle. Finally, calculations are completed for all alveolar gases; and the over-all results are shown to be self-consistent to the degree expected in view of the simplifying approximations made.
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Commander, Civil Engineer Corps, U.S. Navy, attending Ohio State University under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Captain, Chemical Corps, U.S. Army, attending Ohio State University under the supervision of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
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Chilton, A.B., Barth, D.S. & Stacy, R.W. A mathematical analysis of oxygen respiration in man. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 16, 1–14 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481808
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481808