A multiple source methodology for the surveillance of fetal alcohol syndrome--The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Network (FASSNet).
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KAREN HYMBAUGH,* LISA A. MILLER, CHARLOTTE M. DRUSCHEL, DANISE W. PODVIN, F. JOHN MEANEY, COLEEN A. BOYLE, AND THE FASSNET TEAM 6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado 80246 New York State Department of Health, Congenital Malformations Registry, Troy, New York 12180 SUNY School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Rensselaer, New York 12144 State of Alaska Department of Health & Social Services, Anchorage, Alaska 99508 Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724 In addition to the above authors, the FASSNet Team includes: Alaska Department of Health & Social Services: Lisa Balivet, Susan Merrick; Psychology Resources, P.C. (Alaska): Herbert G.W. Bischoff, Ph.D.; University of Arizona, Department of Pediatrics: Christopher Cunniff, M.D., M.P. Pensak, M.P.H., Sarah Iden, M.P.H., and Kurt Zimmerman; Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: April Montgomery, M.H.A., Rickey Tolliver, M.P.H., and Cynthia Vogel, M.S.; New York State Department of Health: Deborah Fox, M.P.H.; Children’s Hospital of Buffalo: Luther Robinson, M.D.; People Inc.: Sandi Gangell; Battelle/Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation: Yvette D. Dominique, Melissa Hogan; CDC: Jon Baio, Ed.S.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Teratology
دوره 66 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002