Using birth defects registry data to evaluate infant and childhood mortality associated with birth defects: An alternative to traditional mortality assessment using underlying cause of death statistics

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 792-797

  Copeland, Glenn E ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Birth defects registry; Cause of death; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 37249028271     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20391     Document Type: Article

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