Racial and ethnic variations in the prevalence of orofacial clefts in California, 1983-1992

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Croen, Lisa A ^a,d   Shaw, Gary M ^a   Wasserman, Cathy R ^b   Tolarová, Marie M ^c  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Oral cleft defects; Prevalence; Racial variations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

CALIFORNIA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031667418     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980827)79:1<42::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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