Screening for otitis media with effusion in Chinese schoolchildren: A pilot study

Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinologie

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-153

  Yue, V ^a   Chi Fai Tong, M ^a   Van Hasselt, C A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Otitis media with effusion; Schoolchildren screening; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOMETRY;

CHILD; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 9844246987     PISSN: 00351334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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