The National Congenital Anomalies Register in the United Arab Emirates

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 690-699

  Al Hosani, Hagar ^a   Salah, M ^a   Abu Zeid, H ^a   Farag, H M ^a   Saade, D ^a  

^a Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUBAI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; REGIONALIZATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ABNORMALITIES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33646166506     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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