Speech and language therapy: Does it work?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7047, 1996, Pages 1655-

  Enderby, Pam ^a   Emerson, Joyce ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSPHASIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029944084     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7047.1655     Document Type: Article

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