Hearing outcomes after mobile ear surgery for chronic otitis media in Greenland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-460

  Homøe, Preben ^a   Nikoghosyan, Gohar ^a   Siim, Christian ^a   Bretlau, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audiology; Developing countries; Greenland; Hearing rehabilitation; Inuit; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEARING; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549087916     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i5.18352     Document Type: Article

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