Investigation into an increase in plagiocephaly in Texas from 1999 to 2007

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 708-713

  Sheu, Shane U ^a   Ethen, Mary K ^a   Scheuerle, Angela E ^b   Langlois, Peter H ^a  

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

^b Tesserae Genetics Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTICOLLIS; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 79961107987     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.42     Document Type: Article

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