Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1114-1119

  Homoe P ^a,b,d   Lynnerup, N ^b,c   Skovgaard, L T ^b   Rasmussen, N ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Institute of Forensic Pathology   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Epidemiology; Eskimos; Otitis media; Physical; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0030466179     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100135911     Document Type: Article

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