Nasal dysfunction induced by chlorinate water in competitive swimmers

Rhinology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ottaviano, Giancarlo ^a   Staffieri, Alberto ^a   Stritoni, Paola ^a   Ermolao, Andrea ^a   Coles, Stuart ^a   Zaccaria, Marco ^a   Marioni, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive swimmers; Mucociliary transport time; Nasal cytology; Nasal patency; Olfactory threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865323317     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino11.024     Document Type: Article

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