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- Title
Burden of disease caused by otitis media: systematic review and global estimates.
- Authors
Monasta, Lorenzo; Ronfani, Luca; Marchetti, Federico; Montico, Marcella; Vecchi Brumatti, Liza; Bavcar, Alessandro; Grasso, Domenico; Barbiero, Chiara; Tamburlini, Giorgio
- Abstract
Otitis media (OM) is a leading cause of health care visits and drugs prescription. Its complications and sequelae are important causes of preventable hearing loss, particularly in developing countries. Within the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, for the year 2005 we estimated the incidence of acute OM, chronic suppurative OM, and related hearing loss and mortality for all ages and the 21 WHO regional areas.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 4, pe36226
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0036226