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Public Health Practice of Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance Programs in the United States.
Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP - 1 Jan 2000
Mai Cara T, Kirby Russell S, Correa Adolfo, Rosenberg Deborah, Petros Michael, Fagen Michael C
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CONTEXT: Birth defects remain a leading cause of infant mortality in the United States and contribute substantially to health care costs and lifelong disabilities. State population-based surveillance systems have been established to monitor birth defects, yet no recent systematic examination of their efforts in the United States has been conducted. OBJECTIVE: To understand the current population-based birth...
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