Is pacifier use a risk factor for acute otitis media? A dynamic cohort study

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-236

  Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Numans, Mattijs E ^a   Langenbach, Esther ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Pacifier; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PACIFIER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PACIFIERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49949089295     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn030     Document Type: Article

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