Birth defects surveillance.
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.
Smulian
John C
JC
Saint Peter's University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.
Beres-Sochka
Leslie
L
DePrince
Kristin
K
Canterino
Joseph
J
Fischer
Richard
R
Apuzzio
Joseph
J
Royle
Marjorie
M
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