Childhood deafness poses problems in developing countries [4]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7489, 2005, Pages 480-481

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a   Luxon, Linda M ^a   Wirz, Sheila L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LETTER; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIGERIA; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 14644433023     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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