Hearing impairment and otitis media in a rural primary school in South India

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Jacob, Annie ^a   Rupa, Vedantam ^a   Job, Anand ^a   Joseph, Abraham ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

audiometry; hearing impairment; otitis media; primary school children; tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0031555876     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(96)01479-6     Document Type: Article

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