Otitis media, bacterial colonization, and the smoking parent

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 904-906

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTS; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 33645089177     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500942     Document Type: Note

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