Prevalence of preventable ear disorders in over 15 000 schoolchildren in northern India

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-32

  Chadha, S K ^a   Sayal, A ^a   Malhotra, V ^a   Agarwal, A K ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Hearing Loss; Otitis Media; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CERUMEN; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84872350391     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215112002691     Document Type: Article

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