Acoustic rhinometry of Asian noses

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-620

  Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn ^a   Jareoncharsri, Perapun ^a   Voraprayoon, Siriporn ^a   Bunnag, Chaweewan ^a   Clement, Peter A ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Asian nose; Ethnicity; Healthy subject; Measurements; Minimal cross sectional area; Nasal volume; Normal nose; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SEPTUM; REFERENCE VALUE; RHINOMETRY; THAILAND;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; THAILAND;

EID: 59849114225     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3229     Document Type: Article

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