Trends in survival among children with down syndrome in 10 regions of the united states

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kucik, James E ^a   Shin, Mikyong ^a,b,c   Siffel, Csaba ^a   Marengo, Lisa ^d   Correa, Adolfo ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Low birth weight; Mortality; Population based; Racial disparities; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84872875038     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1616     Document Type: Article

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