Incidence, air pollution and risk factors of acute otitis media in the first year of life. A prospective study;Incidencia, contaminación ambiental y factores de riesgo de otitis media aguda en el primer año de vida: Estudio prospectivo

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Caceres Udina Ma J ^a   Alvarez Martinez J A ^b   Argente Del Castillo, J ^c   Chumilla Valderas, Ma A ^d   Fernandez Alvarez E ^e   Garrido Romera, A ^f   Sanchez Gascon F ^g   Garcia Marcos L ^h,i  

^a Centro de Salud Mazarrón   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud Santa Lucía   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud El Algar   (Spain)

^d Centro de Salud Los Dolores   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud San Antón   (Spain)

^f Centro de Salud Cartagena Este   (Spain)

^g Unidad de Investigacion Cartagena   (Spain)

^h Facultad de Medicina de Murcia   (Spain)

ⁱ Unidad de Investigacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Air pollution; Child; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SPRING;

EID: 12144288686     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056911     Document Type: Article

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