Acute otitis media and season of birth

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-491

  Homøe, Preben ^a   Christensen, Rene B ^b   Bretlau, Poul ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b District Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Epidemiology; Inuit; Otitis media; Risk factor; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WINTER;

EID: 14844282061     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. C.B. Pedersen, and B. Zachau-Christiansen Otitis media in Greenland children; acute, chronic and secretory otitis media in three- to eight-year-olds J. Otolaryngol. 6 1986 332 335
2. P. Homøe, R.B. Christensen, and P. Bretlau Prevalence of otitis media in a survey of 591 unselected Greenlandic children Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 36 1996 215 230
3. J.D. Baxter Chronic otitis media and hearing loss in the Eskimo population of Canada Laryngoscope 87 1977 1528 1542
4. P. Homøe, R.B. Christensen, and P. Bretlau Acute otitis media and age at onset among children in Greenland Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 119 1999 65 71
5. P. Homøe, R.B. Christensen, and P. Bretlau Acute otitis media and sociomedical risk factors among unselected children in Greenland Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 49 1999 37 52
6. B. Vinther, O. Elbrønd, and C.B. Pedersen A population study of otitis media in childhood Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 360 Suppl. 1979 135 137
7. L. Ingvarsson, K. Lundgren, B. Olofsson, and S. Wall Epidemiology of acute otitis media in children Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 388 Suppl. 1982 1 52
8. D.W. Teele, J.O. Klein, and B. Rosner Epidemiology of otitis media during the first seven years of life in children in Greater Boston: a prospective cohort study J. Infect. Dis. 160 1989 83 94
9. A.J. Leach, J.B. Boswell, V. Asche, T.G. Nienhuys, and J.D. Mathews Bacterial colonization of the nasopharynx predicts very early onset and persistence of otitis media in Australian Aboriginal infants Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 13 1994 983 989
10. P. Homøe, J. Prag, S. Farholt, J. Henrichsen, A. Hornsleth, and M. Kilian High rate of nasopharyngeal carriage of potential pathogens among children in Greenland: results of a clinical survey of middle-ear disease Clin. Infect. Dis. 23 1996 1081 1090
11. A. Koch, K. Mølbak, P. Homøe, P. Sørensen, T. Hjuler, and M.E. Olesen Risk factors for acute respiratory tract infections in young Greenlandic children Am. J. Epidemiol. 158 2003 374 384
12. S. Vesa, M. Kleemola, S. Blomqvist, A. Takala, T. Kilpi, and T. Hovi Epidemiology of documented viral respiratory infections and acute otitis media in a cohort of children followed from two to twenty-four months of age Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 20 2001 574 581
13. J. Pukander, P. Karma, and M. Sipilä Occurrence and recurrence of acute otitis media among children Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 94 1982 479 486
14. O.P. Alho, O. Kilkku, H. Oja, M. Koivu, and M. Sorri Control of the temporal aspect when considering risk factors for acute otitis media Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 119 1993 444 449
15. K.A. Daly, J.E. Brown, B.R. Lindgren, M.H. Meland, C.T. Le, and G.S. Giebink Epidemiology of otitis media onset by six months of age Pediatrics 103 1999 1158 1166
16. K.A. Daly, B.R. Lindgren, and G.S. Giebink Validity of parental report of a child's medical history in otitis media research Am. J. Epidemiol. 139 1994 1116 1121