Why are Birth Defects Surveillance Programs Important?

Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 2:9:753342. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.753342. eCollection 2021.

¹ Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil.
² School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Medical Genetics Service, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ Disability and Rehabilitation Program, Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Keywords: birth defects; congenital anomalies; epidemiological monitoring; newborn screening; public health surveillance; registries; teratogens.

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