Prevalence of External Auditory Canal Exostoses in Surfers
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Prevalence of external auditory canal exostoses in surfers.
OBJECTIVE To determine (1) the prevalence of external auditory exostoses in a population of surfers and (2) the relationship between the length of time spent surfing and the prevalence, severity, and location of the exostoses. DESIGN Cross-sectional epidemiological study. SETTING General community. PATIENTS Three hundred seven avid surfers (93.5% males and 6.5% females; age distributions:...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.9.969