title: Birth defects surveillance.
abstract: Birth defects are identified at the time of delivery in approximately one out of thirty-three babies. Birth defect surveillance has become a very important public health tool for tracking rates and trends in the prevalence of these abnormalities and is useful in establishing risk factors and potential etiologies.
authors.affiliation: Saint Peter's University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Smulian
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beres-Sochka
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DePrince
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canterino
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apuzzio
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Royle
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries