A systematic review of the nasal index and the significance of the shape and size of the nose in rhinology

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Leong, S C ^a   Eccles, R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOSE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY;

EID: 66949146925     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01905.x     Document Type: Review

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