Outcomes of population based language promotion for slow to talk toddlers at ages 2 and 3 years: Let's learn language cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7821, 2011, Pages

  Wake, Melissa ^a   Tobin, Sherryn ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^b   Ukoumunne, Obioha C ^c   Gold, Lisa ^d   Levickis, Penny ^a   Sheehan, Jane ^a   Goldfeld, Sharon ^a   Reilly, Sheena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; TODDLER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84859001802     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4741     Document Type: Article

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