Congenital abnormalities: Data needed to establish causes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7719, 2009, Pages 474-

  Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Rankin, Judith ^b   Tonks, Ann ^b   Boyd, Patricia ^b   Wellesley, Diana ^b   Tucker, David ^b   Budd, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; HUMANS;

EID: 69949095384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3428     Document Type: Letter

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