Collecting and interpreting birth defects surveillance data by Hispanic ethnicity: A comparative study

Teratology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 21-27

  Kirby, Russell S ^a,c   Petrini, Joann ^b   Alter, Caroline ^b   Flood, Timothy J ^d   Hughes, Thomas E ^d   Deosaransingh, Kamala ^d   Wynne, Jackie White ^d   Miller, Lisa ^d   Orton, Heather ^d   Rickard, Russel ^d   Beres, Leslie M ^d   Olguin, Mary ^d   Druschel, Charlotte ^d   Hughes, Jeffrey P ^d   Canfield, Mark ^d   Mattison, Donald ^d   Edmonds, Larry D ^d   Yoon, Paula ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033989491     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(200001/02)61:1/2<21::AID-TERA5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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