The cochrane library and acute otitis media in children: An overview of reviews

Evidence-Based Child Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-402

  Oleszczuk, Marta ^a   Fernandes, Ricardo M ^b   Thomson, Denise ^a   Shaikh, Nader ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Cochrane library; Meta analysis; Overview; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867945155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15576272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1839     Document Type: Review

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