Effects of Eating on Professional and Amateur Singers for Select Pulmonary and Vocal Tasks

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-726

  Edgar, Julia ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath support; Eat; Singer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHONATION; PITCH; SINGING; STOMACH CONTENT; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHONATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL CAPACITY; VOICE; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 55549134684     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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