Issue 17, April 29, 2013

The report consists of four components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid)
• Public health articles noted in the media

This week's Science Clips featured articles begin with a focus on chronic disease prevention and control. An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine by MK Ali and colleagues documents some improvements in U.S. diabetes care over the past decade, but also notes areas such as tobacco use where more progress is needed. Analyzing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Y Ostchega et al provide the first estimates of home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM), noting the prevalence to be about 15% monthly. Turning to cancer prevention, a systematic review of intentional tanning among adolescents (a documented risk factor for skin cancer) conducted by DM Holman and M Watson finds that individual, social, and contextual factors are all involved in influencing tanning behavior.

Health policy related issues are of increasing importance to the public health community, and are represented in several features this week. An examination of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform legislation led by SS Dhingra finds resulting increased health insurance coverage, particularly among those with greater health care needs. An evaluation of a more narrowly focused public health policy initiative, the Legacy for Children, finds controlled trial effectiveness on behavioral and emotional outcomes in pre-school age low-income children. An analysis of serum concentrations of brominated flame retardants by MK Horton and colleagues concludes that legislation and policy may have played important roles in reducing exposure to these compounds during pregnancy.

Sexually transmitted diseases occupy two slots in the top ten this week. A modeled estimate led by PG Farnham finds that while early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection improves length and quality of life and reduces the number of new infections by nearly half, lending support to the concept of "treatment as prevention". M Steinau et al find in a population-based analysis that nearly 80% of anal cancers were associated with "high risk" human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, suggesting that most anal cancers could be preventable by HPV vaccines.

The ongoing importance and diverse uses of surveillance data are highlighted by our final features this week. S Cauchemez, writing with CDC and non-CDC colleagues, describes the development of an approach to estimate the possibility that an emerging zoonotic infection will develop into an epidemic, using swine origin influenza H3N2v virus as an example. In the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, JL Munoz-Jordan and contributors from the CDC Dengue Branch and the Florida Department of Health show through sequencing of Dengue viruses that endemic transmission of Dengue has been occurring within the continental US for at least the past two years.

John Iskander
Editor, Science Clips

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Achievement of goals in U.S. diabetes care, 1999-2010
       Ali MK, Bullard KM, Saaddine JB, Cowie CC, Imperatore G, Gregg EW.
       N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 25;368(17):1613-24.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Updates of lifetime costs of care and quality of life estimates for HIV-infected persons in the United States: late versus early diagnosis and entry into care
       Farnham PG, Gopalappa C, Sansom SL, Hutchinson AB, Brooks JT, Weidle PJ, Marconi VC, Rimland D.
       J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Apr 22.
       

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     • Genetic relatedness of dengue viruses in Key West, Florida, USA, 2009-2010
       Munoz-Jordan JL, Santiago GA, Margolis H, Stark L.
       Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 ;19(4):652-654.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Predictors of serum concentrations of polybrominated flame retardants among healthy pregnant women in an urban environment: a cross-sectional study
       Horton MK, Bousleiman S, Jones R, Sjodin A, Liu X, Whyatt R, Wapner R, Factor-Litvak P.
       Environ Health. 2013 ;12(1):23.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Human papillomavirus prevalence in invasive anal cancers in the United States before vaccine introduction
       Steinau M, Unger ER, Hernandez BY, Goodman MT, Copeland G, Hopenhayn C, Cozen W, Saber MS, Huang Y, Peters ES, Lynch CF, Wilkinson EJ, Rajeevan MS, Lyu C, Saraiya M.
       J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2013 Apr 19.
       
     • Using routine surveillance data to estimate the epidemic potential of emerging zoonoses: application to the emergence of US swine origin influenza A H3N2v virus
       Cauchemez S, Epperson S, Biggerstaff M, Swerdlow D, Finelli L, Ferguson NM.
       PLoS Med. 2013 Mar;10(3):e1001399.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Home blood pressure monitoring and hypertension status among US adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2010
       Ostchega Y, Berman L, Hughes JP, Chen TC, Chiappa MM.
       Am J Hypertens. 2013 Apr 19.
       

   • Public Health, General

     • Change in health insurance coverage in Massachusetts and other New England states by perceived health status: potential impact of health reform
       Dhingra SS, Zack MM, Strine TW, Druss BG, Simoes E.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr 18.
       

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     • Behavioral and socioemotional outcomes through age 5 years of the Legacy for Children public health approach to improving developmental outcomes among children born into poverty
       Kaminski JW, Perou R, Visser SN, Scott KG, Beckwith L, Howard J, Smith DC, Danielson ML.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr 18.
       
     • Correlates of intentional tanning among adolescents in the United States: a systematic review of the literature
       Holman DM, Watson M.
       J Adolesc Health. 2013 May;52(5 Suppl):S52-9.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Mean mid-arm circumference and blood pressure cuff sizes for US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2010
        Ostchega Y, Hughes JP, Zhang G, Nwankwo T, Chiappa MM.
        Blood Press Monit. 2013 Apr 18.
        
     2. Highlights from a workshop on opportunities for cancer prevention during preadolescence and adolescence
        Holman DM, Rodriguez JL, Peipins L, Watson M, White MC.
        J Adolesc Health. 2013 May;52(5 Suppl):S8-S14.
        
     3. Cancer prevention for the next generation
        White MC, Peipins LA, Watson M, Trivers KF, Holman DM, Rodriguez JL.
        J Adolesc Health. 2013 May;52(5 Suppl):S1-7.
        
     4. Assessment of the status of a National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship in the USA
        Smith JL, Pollack LA, Rodriguez JL, Hawkins NA, Smith T, Rechis R, Miller A, Willis A, Miller H, Hall IJ, Fairley TL, Stone-Wiggins B.
        J Cancer Surviv. 2013 Apr 23.
        
     5. Receipt of psychosocial care among cancer survivors in the United States
        Forsythe LP, Kent EE, Weaver KE, Buchanan N, Hawkins NA, Rodriguez JL, Ryerson AB, Rowland JH.
        J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr 22.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     6. Trends and disparities in antiretroviral therapy initiation and virologic suppression among newly treatment-eligible HIV-infected individuals in North America, 2001-2009
        Hanna DB, Buchacz K, Gebo KA, Hessol NA, Horberg MA, Jacobson LP, Kirk GD, Kitahata MM, Korthuis PT, Moore RD, Napravnik S, Patel P, Silverberg MJ, Sterling TR, Willig JH, Lau B, Althoff KN, Crane HM, Collier AC, Samji H, Thorne JE, Gill MJ, Klein MB, Martin JN, Rodriguez B, Rourke SB, Gange SJ.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;56(8):1174-82.
        
     7. Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from commercial cadaveric human growth hormone
        Appleby BS, Lu M, Bizzi A, Phillips MD, Berri SM, Harbison MD, Schonberger LB.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 ;19(4):682-684.
        
     8. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of the groin and risk for clinical infection among HIV-infected adults
        Peters PJ, Brooks JT, McAllister SK, Limbago B, Lowery HK, Fosheim G, Guest JL, Gorwitz RJ, Bethea M, Hageman J, Mindley R, McDougal LK, Rimland D.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 ;19(4):623-629.
        
     9. Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test
        Lawn SD, Mwaba P, Bates M, Piatek A, Alexander H, Marais BJ, Cuevas LE, McHugh TD, Zijenah L, Kapata N, Abubakar I, McNerney R, Hoelscher M, Memish ZA, Migliori GB, Kim P, Maeurer M, Schito M, Zumla A.
        Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;13(4):349-61.
        
     10. Preliminary report: epidemiology of the avian influenza A (H7N9) outbreak in China
         Li Q, Zhou L, Zhou M, Chen Z, Li F, Wu H, Xiang N, Chen E, Tang F, Wang D, Meng L, Hong Z, Tu W, Cao Y, Li L, Ding F, Liu B, Wang M, Xie R, Gao R, Li X, Bai T, Zou S, He J, Hu J, Xu Y, Chai C, Wang S, Gao Y, Jin L, Zhang Y, Luo H, Yu H, Gao L, Pang X, Liu G, Shu Y, Yang W, Uyeki TM, Wang Y, Wu F, Feng Z.
         N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 24.
         
     11. A measles eradication goal is upon us; can rubella and congenital rubella syndrome be far behind?
         Sniadack DH, Orenstein WA.
         Vaccine. 2013 Apr 18.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     12. Federal legal preparedness tools for facilitating medical countermeasure use during public health emergencies
         Courtney B, Sherman S, Penn M.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Mar;41 Suppl 1:22-7.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     13. Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae
         Tao Y, Shi M, Conrardy C, Kuzmin IV, Recuenco S, Agwanda B, Alvarez DA, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Moran D, Niezgoda M, Lindblade KA, Holmes EC, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE, Tong S.
         J Gen Virol. 2013 Apr;94(Pt 4):738-48.
         

   • Drug Safety

     14. Risk of adverse events following oseltamivir treatment in influenza outpatients, Vaccine Safety Datalink Project, 2007-2010
         Greene SK, Li L, Shay DK, Fry AM, Lee GM, Jacobsen SJ, Baxter R, Irving SA, Jackson ML, Naleway AL, Nordin JD, Narwaney KJ, Lieu TA.
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Apr;22(4):335-44.
         

   • Environmental Health

     15. Air pollution and respiratory symptoms among children with asthma: vulnerability by corticosteroid use and residence area
         Lewis TC, Robins TG, Mentz GB, Zhang X, Mukherjee B, Lin X, Keeler GJ, Dvonch JT, Yip FY, O'Neill MS, Parker EA, Israel BA, Max PT, Reyes A.
         Sci Total Environ. 2013 Mar 15;448:48-55.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     16. Secular changes in U.S. prediabetes prevalence defined by hemoglobin A1c and fasting plasma glucose: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2010
         Bullard KM, Saydah SH, Imperatore G, Cowie CC, Gregg EW, Geiss LS, Cheng YJ, Rolka DB, Williams DE, Caspersen CJ.
         Diabetes Care. 2013 Apr 19.
         
     17. Reliability of family proxy data for studies of malignant mesothelioma: results from the ATSDR pilot surveillance
         Melnikova N, Wu J, Kaye W, Orr M.
         ISRN Oncol. 2013 ;2013:325409.
         
     18. Revival of a core public health function: state- and urban-based maternal death review processes
         Goodman D, Stampfel C, Creanga AA, Callaghan WM, Callahan T, Bonzon E, Berg C, Grigorescu V.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Apr 21.
         

   • Food Safety

     19. Serum concentrations of an aflatoxin-albumin adduct in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000
         Schleicher RL, McCoy LF, Powers CD, Sternberg MR, Pfeiffer CM.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2013 Apr 20.
         
     20. Attributing sporadic and outbreak-associated infections to sources: blending epidemiological data
         Cole D, Griffin PM, Fullerton KE, Ayers T, Smith K, Ingram LA, Kissler B, Hoekstra RM.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Apr 24:1-8.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     21. The arrival of genomic medicine to the clinic is only the beginning of the journey
         Evans JP, Khoury MJ.
         Genet Med. 2013 Apr;15(4):268-9.
         
     22. Genetic variability and the classification of hepatitis E virus
         Smith DB, Purdy MA, Simmonds P.
         J Virol. 2013 Apr;87(8):4161-9.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     23. Economics of monitoring antiretroviral therapy
         Mermin J, Granich R.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 Apr 17.
         
     24. Cost effectiveness analysis of elementary school-located vaccination against influenza-results from a randomized controlled trial
         Yoo BK, Humiston SG, Szilagyi PG, Schaffer SJ, Long C, Kolasa M.
         Vaccine. 2013 Apr 19;31(17):2156-64.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     25. Adolescents' perspectives on vaccination outside the traditional medical home: a survey of urban middle and high school students
         Pyrzanowski J, Curtis CR, Crane LA, Barrow J, Beaty B, Kempe A, Daley MF.
         Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Apr;52(4):329-37.
         
     26. Cincinnati pediatricians' measured and reported immunizing behavior for children during the national shortages of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
         Fairbrother G, Donauer S, Staat MA, Broder K, Salisbury S, Morrow AL, Tabangin ME, Altaye M, Holloway M, Schwartz B.
         Vaccine. 2013 Apr 19;31(17):2177-83.
         
     27. Who is unlikely to report adverse events after vaccinations to the vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS)?
         McNeil MM, Li R, Pickering S, Real TM, Smith PJ, Pemberton MR.
         Vaccine. 2013 Apr 15.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     28. Albuminuria prevalence in first morning void compared with previous random urine from adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010
         Saydah SH, Pavkov ME, Zhang C, Lacher DA, Eberhardt MS, Burrows NR, Narva AS, Eggers PW, Williams DE.
         Clin Chem. 2013 Apr;59(4):675-83.
         
     29. Association of the CT values of real-time PCR of viral upper respiratory tract infection with clinical severity, Kenya
         Fuller JA, Njenga MK, Bigogo G, Aura B, Ope MO, Nderitu L, Wakhule L, Erdman DD, Breiman RF, Feikin DR.
         J Med Virol. 2013 May;85(5):924-32.
         
     30. Comparison of clot-based, chromogenic, and fluorescence assays for measurement of factor VIII inhibitors in the U.S. Hemophilia Inhibitor Research Study
         Miller CH, Rice AS, Boylan B, Shapiro AD, Lentz SR, Wicklund BM, Kelly FM, Soucie JM.
         J Thromb Haemost. 2013 Apr 19.
         
     31. Experimental infection of cotton rats and bobwhite quail with Rickettsia parkeri
         Moraru GM, Goddard J, Paddock CD, Varela-Stokes A.
         Parasit Vectors. 2013 ;6:70.
         
     32. Meta-analysis of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis fingerprints based on a constructed Salmonella database
         Zou W, Chen HC, Hise KB, Tang HL, Foley SL, Meehan J, Lin WJ, Nayak R, Xu JS, Fang H, Chen JJ.
         PLos One. 2013 Mar;8(3).
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     33. Periconceptional maternal alcohol consumption and neural tube defects
         Makelarski JA, Romitti PA, Sun L, Burns TL, Druschel CM, Suarez L, Olshan AF, Siega-Riz AM, Olney RS.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Mar;97(3):152-60.
         
     34. National trends in emergency department use of urinalysis, complete blood count, and blood culture for fever without a source among children aged 2 to 24 months in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 7 era
         Simon AE, Lukacs SL, Mendola P.
         Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Apr 18.
         
     35. Temporal trends in survival among infants with critical congenital heart defects
         Oster ME, Lee KA, Honein MA, Riehle-Colarusso T, Shin M, Correa A.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Apr 22.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     36. The prevalence of using iodine-containing supplements is low among reproductive-age women, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006
         Gahche JJ, Bailey RL, Mirel LB, Dwyer JT.
         J Nutr. 2013 Apr 24.
         
     37. Monitoring the iodine status of pregnant women in the United States
         Sullivan KM, Perrine CG, Pearce EN, Caldwell KL.
         Thyroid. 2013 Apr;23(4):520-1.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     38. The cortisol response in policemen: intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity
         Sharp DS, Andrew ME, Fekedulegn DB, Burchfiel CM, Violanti JM, Wactawski-Wende J, Miller DB.
         Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Apr 20.
         
     39. Work-related peak flow and asthma symptoms in a damp building
         White SK, Cox-Ganser JM, Benaise LG, Kreiss K.
         Occup Med (Lond). 2013 Apr 18.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     40. Integration of vertical and in-seam horizontal well production analyses with stochastic geostatistical algorithms to estimate pre-mining methane drainage efficiency from coal seams: Blue Creek seam, Alabama
         Karacan CO.
         Int J Coal Geol. 2013.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     41. First molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in Yemen
         Alyousefi NA, Mahdy MA, Lim YA, Xiao L, Mahmud R.
         Parasitology. 2013 May;140(6):729-34.
         

   • Physical Activity

     42. Obesity and other correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviors among US high school students
         Lowry R, Lee SM, Fulton JE, Demissie Z, Kann L.
         J Obes. 2013 ;2013:276318.
         
     43. Muscle-strengthening activities and participation among adults in the United States
         Loustalot F, Carlson SA, Kruger J, Buchner DM, Fulton JE.
         Res Q Exerc Sport. 2013 Mar;84(1):30-8.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     44. Association between perceived discrimination and racial/ethnic disparities in problem behaviors among preadolescent youths
         Bogart LM, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Klein DJ, Davies SL, Cuccaro PM, Banspach SW, Peskin MF, Schuster MA.
         Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr 18.
         
     45. Pro-tobacco influences and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes among middle and high school students-United States, 2011
         Dube SR, Arrazola RA, Lee J, Engstrom M, Malarcher A.
         J Adolesc Health. 2013 May;52(5 Suppl):S45-51.
         
     46. New tricks for an old measure: the development of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Brief (BIS-Brief)
         Steinberg L, Sharp C, Stanford MS, Tharp AT.
         Psychol Assess. 2013 Mar;25(1):216-26.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     47. Cigarette price-minimization strategies by U.S. smokers
         Xu X, Pesko MF, Tynan MA, Gerzoff RB, Malarcher AM, Pechacek TF.
         Am J Prev Med. 2013 May;44(5):472-6.
         

   • Zoonoses

     48. Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of deer owners following identification of a cluster of captive deer with rabies in Pennsylvania in July 2010
         Tack DM, Blanton JD, Holman RC, Longenberger AH, Petersen BW, Rupprecht CE.
         J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2013 May 1;242(9):1279-85.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid

     49. Guideline: daily iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnant women
         World Health Organization.
         2012.
         
     50. Preconception folic acid supplementation and risk for chromosome 21 nondisjunction: a report from the National Down Syndrome Project
         Hollis ND, Allen EG, Oliver TR, Tinker SW, Druschel C, Hobbs CA, O'Leary LA, et al.
         Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Mar;161(3):438-44.
         
     51. Proportion of neural tube defects attributable to known risk factors
         Agopian AJ, Tinker SC, Lupo PJ, Canfield MA, Mitchell LE.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Jan;97(1):42-6.
         
     52. Blood levels of folate at birth and risk of childhood leukemia
         Chokkalingam AP, Chun DS, Noonan EJ, Pfeiffer CM, Zhang M, Month SR, Taggart DR, et al.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Apr 10.
         
     53. Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes
         Lassi ZS, Salam RA, Haider BA, Bhutta ZA.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 ;3:CD006896.
         
     54. Folic acid supplementation during early pregnancy and the risk of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
         Li Z, Ye R, Zhang L, Li H, Liu J, Ren A.
         Hypertension. 2013 Apr;61(4):873-9.
         
     55. High dosage folic acid supplementation, oral cleft recurrence and fetal growth
         Wehby GL, Felix TM, Goco N, Richieri-Costa A, Chakraborty H, Souza J, Pereira R, et al.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Feb;10(2):590-605.
         
     56. Obesity affects short-term folate pharmacokinetics in women of childbearing age
         da Silva VR, Hausman DB, Kauwell GP, Sokolow A, Tackett RL, Rathbun SL, Bailey LB.
         Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Apr 9.
         
     57. Dietary supplement use and folate status during pregnancy in the United States
         Branum AM, Bailey R, Singer BJ.
         J Nutr. 2013 Apr;143(4):486-92.
         
     58. Association between maternal use of folic acid supplements and risk of autism spectrum disorders in children
         Suren P, Roth C, Bresnahan M, Haugen M, Hornig M, Hirtz D, Lie KK, et al.
         JAMA. 2013 Feb 13;309(6):570-7.
         
     59. Effects of folic acid supplementation on overall and site-specific cancer incidence during the randomised trials: meta-analyses of data on 50,000 individuals
         Vollset SE, Clarke R, Lewington S, Ebbing M, Halsey J, Lonn E, Armitage J, et al.
         Lancet. 2013 Jan 24.
         
     60. Neural tube defects in Latin America and the impact of fortification: a literature review
         Rosenthal J, Casas J, Taren D, Alverson CJ, Flores A, Frias J.
         Public Health Nutr. 2013 Mar 6:1-14.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.

   • MMWR in the Media

     61. Fatal injuries in offshore oil and gas operations - United States, 2003-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Apr 26;62(16):301-4.
         
     62. National shortage of purified-protein derivative tuberculin products
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Apr 26;62(16):312.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     63. Firearm injuries of children and adolescents in 2 Colorado trauma centers: 2000-2008
         Sauaia A, Miller JI, Moore EE, Partrick D.
         JAMA. 2013 Apr 24;309(16):1683-5.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     64. Temporal trends in survival among infants with critical congenital heart defects
         Oster ME, Lee KA, Honein MA, Riehle-Colarusso T, Shin M, Correa A.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Apr 22.
         
   
   

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