Risk Factors for Persistent Middle-Ear Effusions: Otitis Media, Catarrh, Cigarette Smoke Exposure, and Atopy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 249, Issue 8, 1983, Pages 1022-1025

  Kraemer, Michael J ^a   Richardson, Mark A ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a   Furukawa, Clifton T ^a   Shapiro, Gail G ^a   Pierson, William E ^a   Bierman, C Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CATARRH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RHINITIS; RISK; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84921129658     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1983.03330320020024     Document Type: Article

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