Children with speech and language disability: Caseload characteristics

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-324

  Broomfield, Jan ^a,c   Dodd, Barbara ^b  

^a Speech and Lang Therapy Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Speech and Lang Therapy Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Incidence; Language disability; Speech disability

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 3042687466     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820310001625589     Document Type: Article

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