Effect of breathe right nasal strip on snoring

Rhinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 50-52

  Ulfberg, Jan ^a   Fenton, Gus ^b  

^a Avesta Hospital   (Sweden)

^b CNS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathe Right; Nasal dilators; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BED; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; VIBRATION; XEROSTOMIA;

DILATATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; SNORING;

EID: 0030883034     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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