Intersession repeatability of acoustic rhinometry measurements in healthy volunteers

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Al Ahmari, Mohammed Dhafer ^a   Wedzicha, Jadwiga Anna ^a   Hurst, John Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Nasal obstruction; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930486386     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2012.5.3.156     Document Type: Article

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