Temporal trends in Canadian birth defects birth prevalences, 1979-1993

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Johnson, Kenneth C ^a,b   Rouleau, Jocelyn ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CANADA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 0030759463     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403882     Document Type: Article

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