Congenital Malformations Worldwide: A Report from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems

The tabular data in this book covers 22 birth defects, birth prevelence numbers, and rate of occurrences per 10,000 births. (Descriptions are provided for each condition.) The information comes from registries which contribute to the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring System (ICBDMS), originally created by the March of Dimes foundation. Global coverage is diverse--from cities to continents, including territories, countries and subnational regions. Coverage includes Atlanta, Australia, Canada, Central-East France, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Hungary, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paris, Sichuan, South America, Spain, Strasbourg, Sweden, Tokyo, US, and Wales.

See individual registry records linked through the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research series record for more granular information on coverage.

Keywords

Cleft lip and cleft palate, Congenital anomalies, Congenital heart anomalies, Digestive congenital anomalies, Down's syndrome, Drug use disorders, Incidence, Congenital musculoskeletal and limb anomalies, Neural tube defects, Prevalence, Urogenital congenital anomalies

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Contributors

International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication year

1991

Suggested citation

International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems. Congenital Malformations Worldwide: A Report from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 1991.

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ISBN

Other ID

0-444-89137-4