EUROCAT: 25 Years of European surveillance of congenital anomalies

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Dolk, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 24044548009     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.062810     Document Type: Review

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