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Davies and Muir1 and Dennis2 have reviewed the differences existing in experimental results relating particle size and deposition in the human lung. Data from six independent studies spanning 25 yr fell into two ranges, three groups of workers obtaining much higher values for deposition than the other three for particles greater than 0.5 microns in diameter. Interpretation of these results still seems to be a matter of opinion. Davies and Muir suggested that a sampling error of the exhaled air could give rise to the difference. Dennis, in reply, shows that the sampling error was not involved but that the difference may be the result of differences in nasal and oral breathing.
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VAUGHAN, W., VAUGHAN, B. Deposition of Inhaled Particles in Lungs. Nature 221, 661–662 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221661b0
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