Early acute otitis media and siblings' attendance at nursery

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Kværner, Kari J ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a   Hagen, Jørgen A ^a   Mair, Iain W S ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Daycare; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSERY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

EID: 0029959512     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.4.338     Document Type: Article

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