Spontaneous changes of unilateral nasal airflow in man. A re-examination of the 'Nasal Cycle'

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 590-595

  Flanagan, P ^a   Eccles, R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nasal airway resistance; Nasal cycle; Nose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY;

EID: 0030805037     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113443     Document Type: Article

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