Prevalence of spina bifida among children and adolescents in Metropolitan Atlanta

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 748-754

  Shin, Mikyong ^a,b   Besser, Lilah M ^a,c   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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Birth defects; Children; Disparities; Neural tube defects; Prevalence; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749160433     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20530     Document Type: Article

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