Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 543-548 , May 2000

A critical parameter for transcapillary exchange of small solutes in countercurrent systems

  • Wen Wang

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,Accepted 9 November 1999.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 543-548 , May 2000