Is the incidence of tonsillectomy influenced by the family medical or social history?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 484-487

  Capper, R ^a,c   Canter, R J ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRCS (ORL HNS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Children; Parents; Smoking; Social class; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TONSILLECTOMY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0035702699     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2001.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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