The costs of preschool communication problems

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 322-323

  Skeat, Jemma ^a   Gold, Lisa ^b   Wake, Melissa ^c   Reilly, Sheena ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856403478     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10254     Document Type: Letter

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