Improving child health - Newborn screening for all?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 3-5

  Wilcken, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Opportunity costs; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84873431525     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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