Occurrence of otitis media and hearing loss among first nations elementary school children

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Langag, Leslie A ^a   Sockalingam, Ravichandran ^b,c   Caissie, Rachel ^a   Corsten, Gerard ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Otitis media; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049145138     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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