Setting up hearing screening in meningitis children in Luanda, Angola

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1929-1931

  Pitkäranta, Anne ^a   Pelkonen, Tuula ^b   de Sousa e Silva, Maria Odia ^b   Bernardino, Luis ^b   Roine, Irmeli ^c   Peltola, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Hospital Pediatrico David Bernardino   (Angola)

^c HOSPITAL LUIS CALVO MACKENNA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacterial meningitis; Child; Hearing screening

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; AUDITORY SCREENING; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGOLA; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 35548940346     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.08.020     Document Type: Letter

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