Outcome of vocal hygiene in singers

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Timmermans, Bernadette ^a,b   Vanderwegen, Jan ^b   De Bodt, Marc S ^b,c  

^a Erasmus Institute   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Singers; Vocal hygiene; Voice care

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALLERGY; EDEMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFECTION; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; LEUKOPLAKIA; MICROORGANISM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH REHABILITATION; STROBOSCOPY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VASCULAR LESION; VASODILATATION; VIRILIZATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

FLUID THERAPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; REST; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 19644392523     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000163351.18015.b6     Document Type: Review

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