Ear diseases in elderly hospital patients in Nigeria

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 404-406

  Ologe, Foluwasayo E ^a,b   Segun Busari, Segun ^a   Abdulraheem, Ibraheem S ^a   Afolabi, Abdulrahman O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18244382309     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.3.404     Document Type: Article

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