Evaluation of the National Congenital Anomaly System in England and Wales

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Misra, T ^a,b   Dattani, N ^c   Majeed, A ^b  

^a Imperial College Charing Cross Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; WALES;

EID: 24044456018     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.052936     Document Type: Article

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