A cluster-randomised trial of screening for language disorders in toddlers

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 109-116

  De Koning, H J ^a   De Ridder Sluiter, J G ^b   Van Agt, H M E ^a   Reep van Den Bergh, C M M ^a   Van Der Stege, H A ^b   Korfage, I J ^a   Polder, J J ^a   Van Der Maas, P J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644363251     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0969141041732229     Document Type: Article

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