Prevention and awareness of birth defects across the lifespan using examples from congenital heart defects and spina bifida

Affiliations

• ¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• ² Birth Defects Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
• ³ Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• ⁴ University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• ⁵ Spina Bifida Association of America, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
• ⁶ Division of Population Health Surveillance, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
• ⁷ University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.