A cluster of hypoplastic left heart malformation in Baltimore, Maryland

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Kuehl, K S ^a   Loffredo, C A ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Congenital heart disease; Epidemiology; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Risk factors; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INDUSTRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BALTIMORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INDUSTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748899076     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-0859-x     Document Type: Article

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