Complications of otitis media in indigenous and non-Indigenous children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2009, Pages

  O'Connor, Tony E ^a   Perry, Christopher F ^b,c,d   Lannigan, Francis J ^a,e  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHOLESTEATOMA; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; SPEECH DISORDERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 77950362257     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02929.x     Document Type: Article

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