Time to development of acute otitis media during an upper respiratory tract infection in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-305

  Koivunen, Petri ^a,b   Kontiokari, Tero ^a   Niemelä, Marjo ^a   Pokka, Tytti ^a   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Temporal development; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TIME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033027603     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199903000-00023     Document Type: Article

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