Families affected by deafness: Hospital services uptake in a multiethnic population

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 454-459

  Yoong, S Y ^a   Feltbower, R ^b   Spencer, N ^c   McKinney, P A ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERATOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18244379313     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.046631     Document Type: Article

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