Does nasal obstruction mean that the Nose is obstructed?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1476-1481

  Kjærgaard, Thomas ^a   Cvancarova, Milada ^b   Steinsvåg, Sverre K ^a,c  

^a SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Association; Nasal obstruction; Peak nasal inspiratory flow; Symptoms; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRFLOW; ALLERGY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NORWAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 49649094354     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318173a025     Document Type: Article

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