International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1644-1649 , December 2009

The assessment of hearing organ of school children in Upper Silesia region

Received 17 November 2008 ,Revised 6 August 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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☆ The preliminary results of this study were presented on 8th International Conference of the European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Budapest, June 2008.

PII: S0165-5876(09)00425-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.08.009

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1644-1649 , December 2009

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