Detecting language problems: Accuracy of five language screening instruments in preschool children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-122

  van Agt, H M E ^a   van Der Stege, H A ^b   de Ridder Sluiter, J G ^b   de Koning, H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847339267     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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