Randomised controlled trial of treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media in Kenyan schoolchildren

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Volumn 348, Issue 9035, 1996, Pages 1128-1133

  Smith, Andrew W ^a,d   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Mackenzie, Ian J ^a,b   Thompson, Simon ^a   Bal, Inderjit ^e   Macharia, Isaac ^e   Mugwe, Peter ^e   Okoth Olende, Chimmie ^e   Oburra, Herbert ^e   Wanjohi, Zachary ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 10244247781     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)09388-9     Document Type: Article

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