Acute otitis media and sociomedical risk factors among unselected children in Greenland

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-52

  Homøe, Preben ^a   Christensen, Rene B ^b   Bretlau, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b District Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Chronic otitis media; Cigarette smoking; Crowding; Eskimo; Inuit; Recurrent acute otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033564559     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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