Seasonality of congenital anomalies in Europe

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-269

  Luteijn, Johannes Michiel ^a   Dolk, Helen ^a   Addor, Marie Claude ^b   Arriola, Larraitz ^c   Barisic, Ingeborg ^d   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^e   Calzolari, Elisa ^f   Draper, Elizabeth ^g   Garne, Ester ^h   Gatt, Miriam ⁱ   Haeusler, Martin ^j   Khoshnood, Babak ^k   Mcdonnell, Bob ^l   Nelen, Vera ^m   O'Mahony, Mary ^l   Mullaney, Carmel ^l   Queisser Luft, Annette ⁿ   Rankin, Judith ^o   Tucker, David ^p   Verellen Dumoulin, Christine ^q   de Walle, Hermien ^r   Yevtushok, Lyubov ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Medical Genetics   (Switzerland)

^c BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Institute of Clinical Physiology   (Italy)

^f IMER Registry Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara ^*  (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Malta Congenital Anomalies Registry   (Malta)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^k INSERM   (France)

^l HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^m Provinciaal Instituut voor Hygiene   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^o NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^q INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^s OMNI Net for Children and Rivne Medical Diagnostic Center   (Ukraine)

more..

Author keywords

Abnormalities congenital; Epidemiology; Influenza human; Public health; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITUS INVERSUS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84899412920     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23231     Document Type: Article

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