Panel I-B Epidemiology and Natural History

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Kaplan GJ Fleshman JK Bender TR . Long-term effects of otitis media. A ten-year cohort study of Alaskan Eskimo children. Pediatrics 1973; 52: 577–85.

Howie VM . Natural history of otitis media. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1975; 84 Suppl 19: 67–72.

Howie VM Ploussard JH Sloyer J . The “otitis-prone” condition. Am J Dis Child 1975; 129: 676–8.

Kessner DM Snow CK Singer J . Assessment of medical care for children. Washington: Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1974, vol 3.

National Health Survey. Hearing and related medical findings among children: race, area, and socioeconomic differentials. United States DHEW Publication No. (HSM) 73–1064. Rockville: Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1972.

Teele DW Klein JO . Greater Boston Collaborative Otitis Media Program: Epidemiology of otitis media during first two years of life. Pediatr Res 1978; 12: 428.

Spivey GH Hirschhorn N . A migrant study of adopted Apache children. Johns Hopkins Med J 1977; 140: 43–6.

Schaefer O . Otitis media and bottle-feeding. An epidemiological study of infant feeding habits and incidence of recurrent and chronic middle ear disease in Canadian Eskimos. Can J Public Health 1971; 62: 478–89.