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A nine-year study of ear disease in Australian Aboringinal children*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. J. McCafferty
Affiliation:
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Brisbane
A. N. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Associate Professor in Audiology, University of Queensland
W. B. Coman
Affiliation:
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Brisbane
C. Mills
Affiliation:
Research Audiologist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
*
A. N. Lewis, Department of Speech and Hearing, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane 4067, Australia

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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Footnotes

*

This study was supported by grants from ther Department of Aboriginal and Islander Advancement, the Department of Health, Queensland, and the Deparment of Aboriginal Affairs, Canberra, ACT.

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