Cent Eur J Public Health 2015, 23(1):85-86

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Neonatal Hearing Screening in Greece

Petros V. Vlastarakos, Efthymios Kalampalikis
Otolaryngology Department, MITERA Paediatric Infirmary, Athens, Greece

Keywords: neonatal, hearing, screening, universal, deafness, otoacoustic emissions, cost-effectiveness

Received: September 6, 2014; Revised: December 12, 2014; Accepted: December 12, 2014; Published: March 1, 2015  Show citation

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Vlastarakos PV, Kalampalikis E. The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Neonatal Hearing Screening in Greece. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2015;23(1):85-86. PubMed PMID: 26036106.
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