Cleft lip and palate in Jordan: Birth prevalence rate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 609-612

  Al Omari, F ^a   Al Omari, I K ^b  

^a Royal Medical Service   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ARABS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 8644241545     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-034.1     Document Type: Article

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