Clusters of sirenomelia in South America

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Orioli, Iêda M ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^b   López Camelo, Jorge S ^c,d   Saldarriaga, Wilmar ^e   Isaza, Carolina ^e   Aiello, Horacio ^f   Zarante, Ignacio ^g   Castilla, Eduardo E ^d,h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research   (Italy)

^c Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^f HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^h INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Congenital abnormalities; Epidemics; Landfill leachate; Monsters; South America

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALCULATION; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LANDFILL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIRENOMELIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ECTROMELIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62949095977     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20492     Document Type: Article

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