Open AccessEpidemiology of Otitis media in a local tropical African population
Author(s) -
Y B Amusa,
I. K. T. Ijadunola,
O. O. Onayade
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28202
Subject(s) - medicine , otitis , population , epidemiology , chronic suppurative otitis media , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , surgery , physics , sociology , optics
Otitis media is one of the most common childhood infections. There are however very few community based studies on the prevalence of this disease in Nigeria children.