Annual temperature and the prevalence of frequent ear infections in childhood

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-55

  Miller, Mia E ^a   Shapiro, Nina L ^a   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FREQUENT OTITIS MEDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858752622     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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