Demographic disparities among children with frequent ear infections in the United States

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1667-1670

  Vakharia, Kalpesh T ^a   Shapiro, Nina L ^b   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Disparities; Epidemiology; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EAR INFECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955904073     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20961     Document Type: Article

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