Birth defects recognized in 10,000 babies born consecutively in Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-13

  Dryden, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ABNORMALITIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031082615     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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