Birth defects surveillance in Florida: Infant death certificates as a case ascertainment source

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1017-1022

  Tanner, Jean Paul ^a   Salemi, Jason L ^a   Hauser, Kimberlea W ^a,b   Correia, Jane A ^c   Watkins, Sharon M ^c   Kirby, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Case ascertainment; Death certificates; Florida; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 78650148486     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20718     Document Type: Article

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