Wax plugs and cotton buds

Three hundred and ten patients were examined by otoscopy. Age, sex, social class and use of cotton buds for-aural toilet were recorded. The incidence of visually occlusive wax plugs in the external auditory canals was not significantly different between users and non-users of cotton buds, either in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of laryngology and otology 1988-07, Vol.102 (7), p.575-576
1. Verfasser:	Sim, David W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cerumen Child Child, Preschool Ear Canal Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology Female Gossypium Humans Hygiene Infant Main Articles Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Non tumoral diseases Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
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Zusammenfassung:	Three hundred and ten patients were examined by otoscopy. Age, sex, social class and use of cotton buds for-aural toilet were recorded. The incidence of visually occlusive wax plugs in the external auditory canals was not significantly different between users and non-users of cotton buds, either in children or in adults.
ISSN:	0022-2151 1748-5460
DOI:	10.1017/S0022215100105742