Length of the human vocal folds: Proposal of mathematical equations as a function of gender and body height

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-392

  Ximenes Filho, João Aragão ^a,b   De Melo, Erich Christiano Madruga ^a   Tsuji, Domingos Hiroshi ^a   Carneiro, Christiano De Giacomo ^a   Sennes, Luiz Ubirajara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body height; Larynx; Vocal fold anatomy; Vocal fold histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 18744389754     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400510     Document Type: Article

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