Patterns in the prevalence of congenital heart defects, metropolitan Atlanta, 1978 to 2005

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-94

  Bjornard, Kari ^a,b   Riehle Colarusso, Tiffany ^a   Gilboa, Suzanne M ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^a,c  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defect surveillance; Birth defects; Cardiovascular anomalies; Congenital heart defect; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CAUCASIAN; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FETUS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; GEORGIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873717999     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23111     Document Type: Article

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