Lung volume levels in professional classical singing

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Thomasson, Monica ^a   Sundberg, Johan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

breath group volume; breathing; lung volume; mean airflow rate; mean phrase duration; phonation; singing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344302316     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14015439709075316     Document Type: Article

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