Middle ear effusion: Rate and risk factors in Australian children attending day care

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-64

  Skull, S A ^a,b   Morris, P S ^c   Yonovitz, A ^c   Attewell, R G ^b,d   Krause, V ^a   Leach, A J ^c   Anand, A ^e   Scott, J ^e   Reid, S ^a   Roberts, L A ^b  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Intstat Australia   (Australia)

^e Territory Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; DAY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; WHEEZING;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032830031     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002708     Document Type: Article

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