Geographical variation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, 1988-94

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7163, 1998, Pages 905-910

  Dolk, H ^a   Busby, A ^a   Armstrong, B G ^a   Walls, P H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; PESTICIDE;

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPHTHALMIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANOPHTHALMOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICROPHTHALMOS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032480566     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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