Birth defects surveillance: Assessing the 'gold standard'

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1238-1240

  Honein, Margaret A ^a   Paulozzi, Leonard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH DEFECT; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; REGISTER;

EID: 0032774622     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1238     Document Type: Article

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