Trends in otitis media among children in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 514-520

  Auinger, Peggy ^a,c   Lanphear, Bruce P ^b   Kalkwarf, Heidi J ^b   Mansour, Mona E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Children; Early onset otitis media; Epidemiology; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Otitis media; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041337004     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.514     Document Type: Article

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