Congenital anomaly surveillance in England - Ascertainment deficiencies in the national system

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7481, 2005, Pages 27-29

  Boyd, P A ^a   Armstrong, B ^b   Dolk, H ^c,d   Botting, B ^e,f   Pattenden, S ^b   Abramsky, L ^g   Rankin, J ^h   Vrijheid, M ⁱ   Wellesley, D ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^e OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^f National Congenital Anomaly System

^g NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^j PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GASTROSCHISIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPINA BIFIDA; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 11244346121     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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