Status of newborn screening programs in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Therrell, Bradford L ^a   Johnson, Alissa ^b   Williams, Donna ^a  

^a National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Laws; Newborn screening; Public health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; STANDARD;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744786549     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2633C     Document Type: Article

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