Reproducibility of acoustic rhinometry and rhinomanometry in normal subjects

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-135

  Silkoff, Philip E ^a   Chakravorty, Shobha ^b   Chapnik, Jerry ^a   Cole, Philip ^b   Zamel, Noe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033093542     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065899782106689     Document Type: Article

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