Descriptive epidemiology of selected congenital heart defects, Hawaii, 1986-1999

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 415-424

  Forrester, Mathias B ^a   Merz, Ruth D ^a  

^a Hawaii Birth Defects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HAWAII; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9144236250     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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