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The effects of heated humidification to nasopharynx on nasal resistance and breathing pattern

BACKGROUND: Mouth breathing could induce not only dry throat and eventually upper respiratory tract infection, but also snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, while nasal breathing is protective against those problems. Thus, one may want to explore an approach to modify habitual mouth breathing as pre...

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Autores principales: Fujita, Yukio, Yamauchi, Motoo, Uyama, Hiroki, Oda, Hideshi, Igaki, Michihito, Yoshikawa, Masanori, Kimura, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6364899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30726268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210957