Prevalence of down syndrome among children and adolescents in Metropolitan Atlanta

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 765-774

  Besser, Lilah M ^a,b   Shin, Mikyong ^a   Kucik, James E ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^a,c  

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

^b MS E 86 ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Down syndrome; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37249038657     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20404     Document Type: Article

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