Overview of newborn hearing screening activities in Latin America

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-152

  De Garcia, Barbara Gerner ^a   Gaffney, Claudia ^b   Chacon, Susan ^c   Gaffney, Marcus ^d  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b McKing Consulting Corp   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Hearing loss; Latin America; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEARING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUDIOLOGY; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEONATAL SCREENING;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 79954434258     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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