Congenital anomalies - Why bother?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 300-301

  Bower, Carol I ^a   Lester Smith, David ^b,c,d   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION;

EID: 77952382899     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03525.x     Document Type: Editorial

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