Changes and consistencies in the epidemiology of pediatric adenotonsillar surgery, 1996-2006

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 680-684

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b   Lin, Harrison W ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDITIS; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENTS; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049238658     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.918     Document Type: Article

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