Nasal airway volume and resistance to airflow

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-375

  Zhang, Gehua ^a,b   Solomon, Philip ^b   Rival, Richard ^b   Fenton, Ronald S ^b   Cole, Philip ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Airflow resistance; Correlation; Nasal obstruction; Nasal patency; Nasal volume; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51049095868     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3187     Document Type: Article

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