Teratology in the Twentieth Century: Congenital Malformations in Humans and How their Environmental Causes were EstablishedElsevier, 2003 M06 6 - 166 pages This book is an an up-to-date survey and summary of present knowledge and future expectations regarding the environmental causes of congenital malformations in human beings, beginning with the earliest discoveries of the 20th century up to the latest ideas and problems at its end, presents views and comments on the progress made over the century in understanding human prenatal maldevelopment. |
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Page 138
... health, and well-being. The conventional distinction is that between major or serious congenital malformations (i.e., grave in character) and minor defects and trivial physical variants (parenthetically, Leck (1969) used 'substantial ...
... health, and well-being. The conventional distinction is that between major or serious congenital malformations (i.e., grave in character) and minor defects and trivial physical variants (parenthetically, Leck (1969) used 'substantial ...
Page 140
... Health Statistics of congenital anomalies in live births in the US (Taffel, 1978). Some of its criticized features were that various items were scattered throughout the ICD under different headings and consequently were identified with ...
... Health Statistics of congenital anomalies in live births in the US (Taffel, 1978). Some of its criticized features were that various items were scattered throughout the ICD under different headings and consequently were identified with ...
Page 142
... health professionals and “workers in the field of fundamental research on morphogenesis” (Christiansen, 1975; Smith, 1975). For these purposes, the group suggested that human malformations be divided and named as follows: 1 ...
... health professionals and “workers in the field of fundamental research on morphogenesis” (Christiansen, 1975; Smith, 1975). For these purposes, the group suggested that human malformations be divided and named as follows: 1 ...
Page 145
... health records, birth and death certificates, and the like; second, serially registered hospital and clinic records; last, data derived from close examination of infants—respectively yielded mean frequencies of congenital malformations ...
... health records, birth and death certificates, and the like; second, serially registered hospital and clinic records; last, data derived from close examination of infants—respectively yielded mean frequencies of congenital malformations ...
Page 146
... health records—birth and death certificates, etc.—of a particular geographic area during a specified time span; hospital or domiciliary births (the latter becoming ever rarer) during a stated period of time; malformation registry data ...
... health records—birth and death certificates, etc.—of a particular geographic area during a specified time span; hospital or domiciliary births (the latter becoming ever rarer) during a stated period of time; malformation registry data ...
Contents
CHAPTER 12 SURVEILLANCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 181 |
CHAPTER 13 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 182 |
CHAPTER 14 HUMAN DISEASE AS TERATOGEN | 185 |
CHAPTER 15 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS | 197 |
CHAPTER 16 DISEASE MEDICATION AND TERATOGENESIS | 210 |
CHAPTER 17 FOLIC ACID AND HUMAN MALFORMATIONS | 224 |
CHAPTER 18 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY | 237 |
CHAPTER 19 THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EXPECTATION | 255 |
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CHAPTER 10 TESTING FOR TERATOGENICITY | 173 |
CHAPTER 11 TERATOLOGICAL DETOURS | 175 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 256 |
INDEX | 283 |
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