Oral airway flow dynamics in healthy humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 515, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 293-298

  Amis, T C ^a,b   O'Neill, N ^a   Wheatley, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DYNAMICS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NECK; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ORAL AIRWAY FLOW; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RHINOMANOMETRY; SLEEP;

EID: 0033557697     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.293ad.x     Document Type: Article

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