Case ascertainment for state-based birth defects registries: Characteristics of unreported infants ascertained through birth certificates and their impact on registry statistics in New York State

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-174

  Olsen, Carolyn L ^a   Polan, Adele K ^a   Cross, Philip K ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE FINDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029881996     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00040.x     Document Type: Article

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