Factors influencing the presence of otitis media with effusion 16 months after initial diagnosis in a cohort of school-age children in rural Greece: A prospective study

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1641-1647

  Xenellis, John ^a   Paschalidis, John ^a   Georgalas, Christos ^b   Davilis, Dimitris ^a   Tzagaroulakis, Antonis ^a   Ferekidis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Etiology; Otitis media with effusion; School age population

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EFFUSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; TYMPANOMETRY;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27744594629     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.03.047     Document Type: Article

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