Descriptive epidemiology of anotia and microtia, Hawaii, 1986-2002

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 119-124

  Forrester, Mathias B ^a   Merz, Ruth D ^a  

^a Hawaii Birth Defects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Anotia; Epidemiology; Microtia

Indexed keywords

ANOTIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR MALFORMATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROTIA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31144477512     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2005.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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