Study in the Humidifying Capacity of the Nose
- 1 January 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 39 (4), 286-290
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016485109119255
Abstract
The nasal mucosa has a large reserve capacity for moistening inspired air, and this capacity is not appreciably impaired in cases of atrophic rhinitis without crust formation, whereas extensive crust formation impairs humidification severely.Keywords
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