Registries of Congenital Anomalies: EUROCAT
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Registries of congenital anomalies: EUROCAT.
Congenital anomalies are one of the potential adverse effects of the environment on reproductive health. Registries of congenital anomalies are useful to detect abnormal frequencies, clusters, and trends. Such registries should meet a number of conditions, including an appropriate population denominator, an efficient system for collecting information, standardized diagnostic procedures, postmor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3431389