Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 431-435

  Biagio, L ^a   Swanepoel, D W ^a,b,c   Laurent, C ^a,d   Lundberg, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic suppurative otitis media; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84901620877     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7534     Document Type: Article

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