Increasing incidence of club foot with higher population density: Incidence and geographical variation in Denmark over a 16-year period - An epidemiological study of 936,525 births

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 839-846

  Krogsgaard, Michael R ^a   Jensen, Peder Klement ^a   Kjær, Inge ^a   Husted, Henrik ^a   Lorentzen, Jan ^a   Hvass Christensen, Berit ^a   Christensen, Steen Bach ^a   Larsen, Klaus ^a   Sonne Holm, Stig ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ETHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; REGISTER;

CLUBFOOT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33846932609     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013114     Document Type: Article

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