Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: A retrospective, comparative study

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-501

  Jassar, P ^a   Sibtain, A ^a   Marco, D ^b   Jose, J ^a   Hunter, G ^c  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Otitis media with effusion; Otorrhoea; Ventilation tube

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 68049109454     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002221510800306X     Document Type: Article

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