Visualization and interpretation of birth defects data using linked micromap plots

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-119

  Gebreab, Samson Y ^a   Gillies, Robert R ^a   Munger, Ronald G ^a   Symanzik, Jürgen ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geographic pattern; Mapping; Oral cleft occurrence; Spatial context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40049098818     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20419     Document Type: Article

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