A daily nasal spray with saline prevents symptoms of rhinitis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1059-1062

  Tano, Liselott ^a   Tano, Krister ^b,c  

^a Boden Garrison Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Common cold; Nasal spray; Rhinitis; Saline; Upper respiratory tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

NOSE SPRAY; RENASSANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 8744315854     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017657     Document Type: Article

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