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Mechanisms of hypoxemia

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This research was supported by the Red Respira-ISCIII-RTIC-03/11 and the Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2001 SGR00386). R.R.-R. holds a career scientist award from the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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  1. servei de Pneumologia, hospital clínic institut d’investigaciones Biomédiques ausgust Pi i sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona Villarroel 170, 08036, , Barcelona, spain

    Robert Rodríguez-Roisin

  2. servei de Pneumologia, hospital clínic institut d’investigaciones Biomédiques ausgust Pi i sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona Villarroel 170, 08036, , Barcelona, spain

    Josep Roca

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    Rodríguez-Roisin, R., Roca, J. (2009). Mechanisms of hypoxemia. In: Hedenstierna, G., Mancebo, J., Brochard, L., Pinsky, M. (eds) Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01769-8_10

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