The surveillance of birth defects: The usefulness of the revised US Standard Birth Certificate

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 731-734

  Watkins, Margaret L ^a,b   Edmonds, Larry ^a   McClearn, Anne ^a   Mullins, Lynda ^a   Mulinare, Joseph ^a   Khoury, Muin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029919534     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.731     Document Type: Article

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