Creating a Cambodia-specific developmental milestone screening tool - A pilot study

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Ngoun, Chanpheaktra ^a,b   Stoey, Lina Saem ^b,c   van't Ende, Katja ^b   Kumar, Varun ^b,d  

^a University of Health Science Phnom Penh   (Cambodia)

^b Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodian children; Developmental milestone; Disability; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ANGKOR HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE ASSESSMENT TOOL; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84860514802     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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