International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1621-1623 , December 2009

National Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Turkey: Struggles and implementations between 2004 and 2008

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 31 July 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0165-5876(09)00418-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.08.002

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1621-1623 , December 2009