Incidence and risk factors of acute otitis media in children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages

  Baraibar, Román ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Incidence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DAY CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030749691     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1198-743x(14)64947-8     Document Type: Review

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