Nipissing district developmental screen: Patterns of use by physicians in Ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Limbos, Marjolaine M ^a   Joyce, David P ^b   Roberts, G Jane ^c  

^a Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children   (Canada)

^b Pender Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NIPISSING DISTRICT DEVELOPMENTAL SCREEN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649284210     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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