Causes of death and case fatality rates among infants with down syndrome in Metropolitan Atlanta

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 775-780

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

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

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Cause of death; Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DOWN SYNDROME; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37249060792     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20414     Document Type: Article

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