Nasal resistance in Japanese elementary schoolchildren: Determination of normal value

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Kobayashi, Ryuichi ^a   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^b   Karaki, Masayuki ^c   Hara, Hirotaka ^d   Kikuchi, Astushi ^e   Kitamura, Takuro ^b   Mori, Nozomu ^c  

^a Ayagawa National Health Insurance Sue Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Department of Otolaryngology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasal disease; Nozzle active anterior method; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; JAPAN; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL SEPTUM; PALATINE TONSIL; REFERENCE VALUES; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84855464794     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2011.630017     Document Type: Article

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