Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980-2015

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 206, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 351-356

  Hansen, Michele ^a   Armstrong, Paul K ^b   Bower, Carol ^a   Baynam, Gareth S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; AUSTRALIA; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85018949625     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja16.00966     Document Type: Article

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