Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Eustachian Tube Disorders in US Children and Adolescents

To describe the association between active, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) in the U.S. pediatric population. Cross-sectional. U.S. representative demographic and audiometric data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Su...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2016-10, Vol.11 (10), p.e0163926
Hauptverfasser: Patel, Mira A, Mener, David J, Garcia-Esquinas, Esther, Navas-Acien, Ana, Agrawal, Yuri, Lin, Sandra Y
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Zusammenfassung:To describe the association between active, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) in the U.S. pediatric population. Cross-sectional. U.S. representative demographic and audiometric data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES);2005-2010. The study consisted of 2,977 children aged 12-19 years. ETD was defined as middle ear pressure
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0163926