Birth defects cluster study: A national approach to birth defects cluster investigations

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 805-811

  Kucik, James E ^a   Bitsko, Rebecca H ^a,b   Williams, Laura ^a   Lazarus, Carrie ^a,b   Jarman, Dwayne W ^b   Correa, Adolfo ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Birth defects; Cluster; Gastroschisis; Investigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 56749098425     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20518     Document Type: Article

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