School hearing screening programme in the UK: Practice and performance

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-156

  Fonseca, S ^a   Forsyth, H ^b   Neary, W ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Child and Family Services Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13244267149     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.046979     Document Type: Article

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