Seasonality in live births with congenital heart disease in Malta

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 396-401

  Grech, Victor ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Congenital aetiology; Congenital epidemiology; Congenital season; Heart defects

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALTA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASON; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALTA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033158298     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100005205     Document Type: Article

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