Effects of age, body mass index, and gender on nasal airflow rate and pressures

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1503-1508

  Crouse, Ulla ^a   Laine Alava, M T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasal airflow rate; Nasal cross; Nasal pressure; Nasal resistance; Oral; Sectional area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032886752     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199909000-00027     Document Type: Article

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