The congenital anomalies registry in Belarus: A tool for assessing the public health impact of the Chernobyl accident

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 659-666

  Lazjuk, G ^a   Verger, P ^b   Gagniere B ^c   Kravchuk, Zh ^a   Zatsepin, I ^a   Robert Gnansia, E ^d  

^a Natl Res Inst Hered/Inborn Dis   (Belarus)

^b OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d Institut Europeen des Genomutations   (France)

Author keywords

Belarus; Chernobyl accident; Congenital anomalies; Epidemiology; Quality of ascertainment; Registry; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0344444622     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(03)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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