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
AbstractBackground: Otitis media (OM) is the most common paediatric illness for which antibiotics areprescribed. In Australian Aboriginal children OM is frequently asymptomatic and starts at a youngerage, is more common and more likely to result in hearing loss than in non-Aboriginal children.Absent...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2431-8-32.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14650 |