Organizing population data into complex family pedigrees: Application of a second-order data linkage to state birth defects registries

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 603-608

  Tu, Shihfen ^a   Mason, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Data linkage; Database; Family; Pedigree; Population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; DATA BASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 4544377695     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20070     Document Type: Article

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