Paediatric hearing loss in rural Pakistan

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 348-353

  Elahi, Mohammed Mehboob ^a,d   Elahi, Fatima ^b   Elahi, Ayesha ^c   Elahi, Sophia Baig ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Ayub Medical School   (Pakistan)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community screening programme; Hearing loss; Paediatric; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORRHEA; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEASLES; MUMPS; OTITIS MEDIA; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUBELLA; RURAL HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032441274     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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