Periodicity and time trends in the prevalence of total births and conceptions with congenital malformations among Jews and Muslims in Israel, 1999-2006: A time series study of 823,966 births

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 438-448

  Agay Shay, Keren ^a   Friger, Michael ^b   Linn, Shai ^a,c   Peled, Ammatzia ^a   Amitai, Yona ^d   Peretz, Chava ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital malformations; Geophysical rhythm; Periodicity; Seasonality; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ATRESIA; ISRAEL; JEW; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; SYNDACTYLY;

ADULT; ARABS; BONE AND BONES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; ISRAEL; JEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLES; PERIODICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84862179647     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23010     Document Type: Article

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