Nasal inflammation and chronic ear disease in Australian Aboriginal children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-147

  Gibson, P G ^a   Stuart, J E ^a   Wlodarczyk, J ^b   Olson, L G ^c   Hensley, M J ^c,d  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Hunter Region Mail Centre ^*

Author keywords

Aborigines; Allergy; Australian; Eosinophils; Neutrophils; Otitis media; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE;

ABORIGINE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN TEST; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0029931054     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00911.x     Document Type: Article

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