Epidemiology of otitis media in Chinese children

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 442-445

  Chen, C H ^a,b   Lin, C J ^a   Hwang, Y H ^a   Ku, C J ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0141728402     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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