Nasal airway dimensions in term neonates measured by continuous wide- band noise acoustic rhinometry

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-432

  Djupesland, P G ^a   Lyholm, B ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Numerical Lab   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acoustic rhinometry; infants; nasal cavity; nasal patency; nasal volume

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MICROPHONE; MODEL; NEWBORN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0030980883     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113416     Document Type: Article

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