Screening for speech and language delay in preschool children: Recommendation statement US Preventive Services Task Force

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 497-501

  Calonge, Ned ^a,b,c   Petitti, Diana B ^b,d   DeWitt, Thomas G ^e   Gordis, Leon ^f   Gregory, Kimberly D ^g   Harris, Russell ^h   Kizer, Kenneth W ⁱ   LeFevre, Michael L ^j   Loveland Cherry, Carol ^k   Marion, Lucy N ^l   Moyer, Virginia A ^m   Ockene, Judith K ⁿ   Sawaya, George F ^o   Siu, Albert L ^p   Teutsch, Steven M ^q   Yawn, Barbara P ^r  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b USPSTF ^*  (United States)

^c Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^d Regional Hospital Administration   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^j University of Missouri   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^l MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^r OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Preschool children; Preventive medicine; Screening children; Speech and language delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 33644869642     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2766     Document Type: Article

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