Descriptive epidemiology of congenital heart disease in Northern England

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-65

  Dadvand, Payam ^a,b   Rankin, Judith ^a   Shirley, Mark D F ^a,b   Rushton, Stephen ^a,b   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Congenital malformations; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 57449113011     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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