Test-retest validity of acoustic pharyngometry measurements

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Kamal, Ibrahim ^a,b  

^a Police Authority Hospital ^*  (Egypt)

^b Police Authority Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PHARYNGOMETRY; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; REFLECTOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TEST RETEST VALIDITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1442360376     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.08.024     Document Type: Article

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