Geographic variation and localised clustering of congenital anomalies in Great Britain

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Armstrong, Ben G ^a   Dolk, Helen ^b   Pattenden, Sam ^a   Vrijheid, Martine ^c   Loane, Maria ^b   Rankin, Judith ^d   Dunn, Chris E ^e   Grundy, Chris ^a   Abramsky, Lenore ^f   Boyd, Patricia A ^g   Stone, David ^h   Wellesley, Diana ⁱ  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34547635604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-4-14     Document Type: Article

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