Occurrence of conotruncal heart birth defects in Texas: A comparison of urban/rural classifications

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-174

  Langlois, Peter H ^a   Jandle, Leigh ^a   Scheuerle, Angela ^b   Horel, Scott A ^c   Carozza, Susan E ^d  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Tesserae Genetics Texas   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Birth defects; Heart defects; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953062953     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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