Vision and hearing screening in school settings: Reducing barriers to children's achievement

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Wang, Chengning ^a   Bovaird, Sarah ^b   Ford Jones, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bender, Rosalee ^c,d   Parsonage, Catherine ^c,d   Yau, Maria ^d   Ferguson, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Toronto Foundation for Student Success   (Canada)

^d TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AUDITORY SCREENING; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOTE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 80053977931     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.5.271     Document Type: Note

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