Place of birth and characteristics of infants with congenital and early-onset hearing loss in a developing country

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1263-1269

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a,b   Somefun, Abayomi O ^c  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community based; Developing country; Early detection; Hospital based; Newborn screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY ROOMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67749084110     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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