Congenital heart disease: Incidence in the first year of life: The alberta heritage pediatric cardiology program

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 381-388

  Grabitz, Ralph G ^a   Joffres, Michel R ^a   Collins nakai, Ruth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Infant

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ALBERTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0023720895     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114978     Document Type: Article

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