Primary care management of otitis media among Australian children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2009, Pages

  Gunasekera, Hasantha ^a,b   O'Connor, Tony E ^c   Vijayasekaran, Shyan ^c,d   del Mar, Christopher B ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77950353779     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02928.x     Document Type: Review

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