Ear problems in swimmers

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 347-352

  Wang, Mao Che ^a,d   Liu, Chia Yu ^b,d   Shiao, An Suey ^a,d   Wang, Tyrone ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ear; Exostoses; Otitis externa; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; HYDROCODONE; NEOMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYMYXIN; SILVER NITRATE;

BAROTRAUMA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR DISEASE; EAR INFECTION; EAR TUMOR; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; MASTOIDECTOMY; MYCOSIS; OTALGIA; PRURITUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYMPANOPLASTY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 23944478936     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70174-1     Document Type: Review

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