Estimating prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): Effectiveness of a passive birth defects registry system

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 604-608

  Fox, Deborah J ^a   Druschel, Charlotte M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 0141864522     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10108     Document Type: Article

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