Incidence of cleft pathology in Greater New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 757-761

  Goenjian, Haig A ^a   Chiu, Ernest S ^b   Alexander, Mary Ellen ^c   St Hilaire, Hugo ^c,d   Moses, Michael ^c  

^a Division of Plastic Surgery Research Team   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Hurricane Katrina; Incidence; Palate; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERATOGENS;

EID: 80655128244     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/09-246     Document Type: Article

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