Smoking and improvement after nasal surgery in snoring men

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-173

  Virkkula, Paula ^a   Hytönen, Maija ^a   Bachour, Adel ^a   Malmberg, Henrik ^a   Hurmerinta, Kirsti ^a   Salmi, Tapani ^a   Maasilta, Paula ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoker; Clinical outcome; Nasal obstruction; Questionnaires; Rhinomanometry; Septoplasty; Sleep apne snoring; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SMOKING; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249777828     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.2991     Document Type: Article

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