Increasing prevalence of hypospadias in Western Australia, 1980-2000

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 580-584

  Nassar, Natasha ^a   Bower, Carol ^a,b   Barker, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TREND STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34347341748     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.112862     Document Type: Article

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