Hearing screening practices among a national sample of primary care pediatricians

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-566

  Wall, Terry C ^a,d   Senicz, Emily ^a   Hughes Evans, H ^a   Woolley, Audie ^b   Hardin, J Michael ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747464758     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806290611     Document Type: Article

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