No therapy: Use, abuse, efficacy, and morbidity - The European versus the Third-World experience

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Rutka, John ^a,c   Lekagul, Salyaveth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Thai Rural Ear Nose Throat Found   (Thailand)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Adjusted life years (DALYs); Antimicrobial resistance; Chronic otitis media; Complications; Disability; Historical controls

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031796579     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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