Evaluating loss to follow-up in newborn hearing screening in Massachusetts

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Chia Ling ^a,b   Farrell, Janet ^a   MacNeil, Jessica R ^a   Stone, Sarah ^a   Barfield, Wanda ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early hearing detection and intervention; Early intervention; Lost to follow up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38849166820     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3540     Document Type: Article

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