Mortality associated with congenital heart defects in the United States: Trends and racial disparities, 1979-1997

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2376-2381

  Boneva, Roumiana S ^a,b   Botto, Lorenzo D ^a   Moore, Cynthia A ^a   Yang, Quanhe ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^a   Erickson, J David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart defects; Mortality; Race; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035873990     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.19.2376     Document Type: Article

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