Regional differences in birth prevalence of congenital heart disease in Malta

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-154

  Grech, Victor ^a   Agius Muscat, Hugo ^a   Savona Ventura, Charles ^a   Pace, Joe ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Heart defects congenital; Heart defects congenital epidemiology; Pregnancy; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALTA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033093380     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008362     Document Type: Article

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