Relative humidity of the external auditory canal in normal and abnormal ears, and its pathogenic effect

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Gray, R F ^a   Sharma, Alok ^a,b   Vowler, S L ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EAR INFECTION; EAR MALFORMATION; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOID; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOGS; EAR CANAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYGIENE; MASTOID; OBSERVATION; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 17644392848     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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