The association between race/ethnicity and major birth defects in the United States, 1999-2007

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Canfield, Mark A ^a   Mai, Cara T ^b   Wang, Ying ^c   O'Halloran, Alissa ^b   Marengo, Lisa K ^a   Olney, Richard S ^b   Borger, Christopher L ^d   Rutkowski, Rachel ^e   Fornoff, Jane ^f   Irwin, Nila ^g   Copeland, Glenn ^h   Flood, Timothy J ⁱ   Meyer, Robert E ^j   Rickard, Russel ^k   Alverson, C J ^b   Sweatlock, Joseph ^l   Kirby, Russell S ^m  

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

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

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^j North Carolina Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^k Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^l New Jersey Department of Health   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906087871     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302098     Document Type: Article

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