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Nasal resistance to airflow (Its measurement, reproducibility and normal parameters)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. S. Jones*
Affiliation:
Senior registrar in Otolaryngology.
J. M. Lancer
Affiliation:
Senior registrar in Otolaryngology.
J. C. Stevens
Affiliation:
Principle Medical Physicist.
E. Beckingham
Affiliation:
Physiological measurement technician.
*
Mr. A. S. Jones, Department of ENT Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF.

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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