Epidemiologic profile of otorhinolaryngological, head and neck disorders in a tertiary hospital unit in Greece: A challenge for general practitioners?

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a   Klinis, Spyridon ^a   Alegakis, Athanasios ^a   Kyrmizakis, Dionysios E ^b   Drivas, Emmanouil I ^b   Rachiotis, Georgios ^c   Philalithis, Anastas ^a   Velegrakis, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c National School Public Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GREECE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33746531076     PISSN: 14726815     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-6-12     Document Type: Article

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