Nasal patency measured by acoustic rhinometry in East Asian patients with sleep-disordered breathing

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-277

  Liu, Shih An ^a   Su, Mao Chang ^b   Jiang, Rong San ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RHINOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 33746128908     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2859     Document Type: Article

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