Risk factors for otitis media with effusion: Case-control study in Sicilian schoolchildren

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 754-759

  Martines, F ^a   Bentivegna, D ^a   Maira, E ^a   Sciacca, V ^a   Martines, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

OME; Otitis media with effusion; Primary school children; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER; OTOSCOPY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SKIN TEST; SNORING; SOCIAL STATUS; TYMPANOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SICILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955722103     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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