National time trends in congenital heart defects, Denmark, 1977-2005

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Øyen, Nina ^a,b,c   Poulsen, Gry ^a   Boyd, Heather A ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Jensen, Peter K A ^d   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60649087124     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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