The management of childhood otitis media with effusion

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 132-134

  Mills, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENT; Hearing impairment; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NICOTINE; STEROID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EAR SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 0030045788     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608900305     Document Type: Article

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