TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics influencing informed consent on a congenital malformations registry
AU - Law, C.
AU - Robertson, M. O.
AU - Panny, S. R.
AU - Wulff, L. M.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Maryland law requires that all babies born with 'sentinel birth defects' be reported to the State Department of Health, but mothers may deny consent for further contact. Consent was not strongly related to maternal age, race, or self-reported data on exposures, smoking, and drugs but was much less likely if the infant was dead. Selection bias in congenital malformations research may lead to underrepresentation of lethal defects, but self-reported data appear to be unbiased.
AB - Maryland law requires that all babies born with 'sentinel birth defects' be reported to the State Department of Health, but mothers may deny consent for further contact. Consent was not strongly related to maternal age, race, or self-reported data on exposures, smoking, and drugs but was much less likely if the infant was dead. Selection bias in congenital malformations research may lead to underrepresentation of lethal defects, but self-reported data appear to be unbiased.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.78.5.572
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.78.5.572
M3 - Article
C2 - 3354744
AN - SCOPUS:0023935275
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 78
SP - 572
EP - 573
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 5
ER -