Assessment of current practices and feasibility of routine screening for critical congenital heart defects - Georgia, 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 288-291

  Clark, Pamela ^a   Pringle, Johanna ^a   Simeone, Regina M ^b   Gilboa, Suzanne M ^c   Honein, Margaret A ^c   Oster, Matthew ^c   Ailes, Elizabeth C ^d  

^a Georgia Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

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

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

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EID: 84876462383     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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