Value of acoustic rhinometry in environmental medicine

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-64

  Wiesmüller, Gerhard Andreas ^b   Steup, Achim ^c   Ranft, Ulrich ^c   Bachert, Claus ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Environmental medicine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINOMETRY; ULTRASOUND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0343238230     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S1438-4639(04)70008-5     Document Type: Article

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