Evaluation of the Texas Birth Defects Registry: An active surveillance system

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 787-792

  Miller, Eric ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Evaluation studies; Population surveillance; Texas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TEXAS;

EID: 33751183494     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20331     Document Type: Article

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