Nasal air conditioning in relation to acoustic rhinometry values

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-577

  Lindemann, Joerg ^a   Tsakiropoulou, Evangelia ^b   Keck, Tilman ^a   Leiacker, Richard ^a   Wiesmiller, Kerstin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Air conditioning; Airflow; Correlation; Intranasal humidity; Intranasal temperature; Nasal geometry; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; RHINOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 76149094160     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3362     Document Type: Article

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