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Absent otoacoustic emissions predict otitis media in young Aboriginal children: A birth cohort study in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in an arid zone of Western Australia

BACKGROUND: Otitis media (OM) is the most common paediatric illness for which antibiotics are prescribed. In Australian Aboriginal children OM is frequently asymptomatic and starts at a younger age, is more common and more likely to result in hearing loss than in non-Aboriginal children. Absent tran...

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Autores principales: Lehmann, Deborah, Weeks, Sharon, Jacoby, Peter, Elsbury, Dimity, Finucane, Janine, Stokes, Annette, Monck, Ruth, Coates, Harvey
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2538518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-32