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Congenital anomaly surveillance in England and Wales

  • T. Misra

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar in Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7594 0798; fax: +44 20 7594 0854.
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  • N. Dattani

      Affiliations

    • Office for National Statistics, London, UK
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  • A. Majeed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

Received 18 January 2005 ,Accepted 16 August 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00213-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.022

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 256-264 , March 2006