Preventive Health Care, 2000 Update:  Screening for Otitis Media with Effusion

Prepared  by Christopher C. Butler, BA, MBChB, DCH, MRCGP, CCH, MD, and Harriet MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in September 2000.

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