Two to three percent of infants are born with a congenital anomaly, but who's counting? A national survey of congenital anomalies surveillance in Canada

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-38

  Paquette, Dana ^a   Lowry, R Brian ^b   Sauvé, Reg ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL GENETICS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; CANADA; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745700330     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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