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| Csaba SiffelSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Role of geographic information systems in birth defects surveillance and researchCsaba Siffel
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76:825-33. 2006..With the significant advancement of geographic information systems (GIS), mapping and evaluating the spatial distribution of health events has become easier. We examine the role of GIS in birth defects surveillance and research...
Bladder exstrophy: an epidemiologic study from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, and an overview of the literatureCsaba Siffel
Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 157:321-32. 2011..The higher total prevalence among male cases and older mothers, especially among isolated cases, warrants further attention...- Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy terminations and prevalence of Down syndrome in AtlantaCsaba Siffel
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 70:565-71. 2004..This study examines the prevalence of Down syndrome before (1990-1993) and after inclusion of prenatally diagnosed cases (1994-1999) in a population-based registry of birth defects in metropolitan Atlanta... - Analysis of seasonal variation of birth defects in AtlantaCsaba Siffel
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 73:655-62. 2005..This study examines possible seasonal variation in the prevalence of selected birth defects in a defined study population using graphical displays and three statistical methods... 
Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular malformations in Atlanta, Georgia, 1986-2003Matthew J Strickland
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:1004-14. 2009..60, 95% confidence interval: 1.11, 2.31). Of the 60 associations examined in the primary analysis, no other significant associations were observed...- Residential mobility during pregnancy: patterns and correlatesAssia Miller
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop E 86, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:625-34. 2010..Accounting for potential case-control differences in correlates of residential mobility could be useful in minimizing potential non-differential misclassification... - Maternal age and prevalence of isolated congenital heart defects in an urban area of the United StatesAssia Miller
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Med Genet A 155:2137-45. 2011..Further studies are warranted to corroborate these observations, taking into account potential confounding by known modifiable risk factors... - Prevalence of spina bifida among children and adolescents in 10 regions in the United StatesMikyong Shin
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 126:274-9. 2010..The goal was to estimate the number of children and adolescents, 0 to 19 years of age, living with spina bifida (SB) in the United States... - Improving the quality of surveillance data on congenital heart defects in the metropolitan Atlanta congenital defects programTiffany Riehle-Colarusso
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:743-53. 2007..This study reports the classification of cases of CHDs in a birth defects surveillance database using modified STS nomenclature... 
Quantifying geocode location error using GIS methodsMatthew J Strickland
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Environ Health 6:10. 2007..Geographic information system (GIS) methods were used to quantify uncertainty in the two sets of geocodes using orthoimagery and tax parcel datasets...- Improved survival among children with spina bifida in the United StatesMikyong Shin
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and, Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA RTI International, Atlanta, GA
J Pediatr 161:1132-1137.e3. 2012..To evaluate trends in survival among children with spina bifida by race/ethnicity and possible prognostic factors in 10 regions of the United States... - Prevalence of Down syndrome among children and adolescents in 10 regions of the United StatesMikyong Shin
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 124:1565-71. 2009..We aimed to estimate the prevalence of Down syndrome (DS) among children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years in 10 regions of the United States... - International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working?Lorenzo D Botto
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
BMJ 330:571. 2005..To evaluate the effectiveness of policies and recommendations on folic acid aimed at reducing the occurrence of neural tube defects... - The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program: 35 years of birth defects surveillance at the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAdolfo Correa-Villaseñor
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 67:617-24. 2003..This paper presents an overview of MACDP current methods and accomplishments over the past 35 years... - Long-term survival of infants with atrioventricular septal defectsAssia Miller
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Pediatr 156:994-1000. 2010..To examine the variation in survival in infants with atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) with demographic factors and clinical characteristics, including the presence of Down syndrome... - Survival of infants diagnosed with encephalocele in Atlanta, 1979-98Csaba Siffel
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC and Prevention, Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:40-8. 2003..This information is useful for clinicians and families who must plan for the long-term care of affected children... - Trends of selected malformations in relation to folic acid recommendations and fortification: an international assessmentLorenzo D Botto
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76:693-705. 2006..Fortification appears to be effective in reducing NTDs. The effect on other birth defects remains unclear... - Fostering international collaboration in birth defects research and prevention: a perspective from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and ResearchLorenzo D Botto
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, 2C412 SOM, 50 N Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
Am J Public Health 96:774-80. 2006.... - [Frequency of congenital abnormalities in Hungary after the Chernobyl nuclear power accident]Janos Sandor
Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar, Közegészségtani Intézet
Orv Hetil 144:2195-204. 2003..It was attributed to the concern of the pregnant women, not to the direct effect of ionising radiation... - Reporting birth defects surveillance data 1968-2003Adolfo Correa
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:65-186. 2007 - Gastroschisis and associated defects: an international studyPierpaolo Mastroiacovo
Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Rome, Italy
Am J Med Genet A 143:660-71. 2007..An appropriate case definition in etiological studies should include only isolated gastroschisis after an appropriate definition of isolated and non-isolated cases and a thorough case-by-case review... - Occupational exposure to pesticides and cytogenetic damage: results of a Hungarian population study using the micronucleus assay in lymphocytes and buccal cellsSusana Pastor
, , Edifici Cn, , Bellaterra, Spain
Environ Mol Mutagen 40:101-9. 2002..The results of this study indicate no significant increase in MN in this group of Hungarian workers; however, the reduced CBPI in the highly exposed population suggests a possible genotoxic effect of pesticide exposure...