Descriptive epidemiology of infantile cataracts in Metropolitan Atlanta, Ga, 1968-1998

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Bhatti, Tricia R ^a   Dott, Mary ^b,c   Yoon, Paula W ^d   Moore, Cynthia A ^b   Gambrell, Don ^b,e   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^b,e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037394781     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.4.341     Document Type: Article

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