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2007

Besser L, et al. Prevalence of Down syndrome among children and adolescents in Atlanta. Birth Defects Research Part A, 79:765-7744, 2007. (Abstract)

Besser L, et al.  The epidemiology of anencephaly and spina bifida in Atlanta before and after folic acid fortification. (Birth Defects Research Part A, in press)

Bitsko RH, Reefhuis J,  Romitti PA, Moore CA, Honein MA.  Periconceptional Consumption of Vitamins Containing Folic Acid and Risk for Multiple Congenital Anomalies.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 2007; 143A:2397-2405. (Abstract)

Berry, Robert J; Carter, Heather K; Yang, Quan-He-Cognitive impairment in older Americans in the age of folic acid fortification. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:265-67 (Abstract)

Botto LD, et al. Seeking Causes: a Clinical Classification of Cardiovascular Malformations for Use in Etiologic Studies. (Birth Defects Research Part A, in press)

Botto L, et al. Classifying and analyzing cardiovascular malformations in etiologic studies: Experience from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Birth Defects Research, (Part A), (Accepted).

Browne ML, Bell EM, Druschel CM, Gensburg LJ, Mitchell AA, Lin AE, Romitti PA, Correa A, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Maternal caffeine consumption and risk of cardiovascular malformations. Birth Defects Research Part A 2007;79(7):533-543. (Abstract)

Callaghan WM, Rasmussen SA, Farr S, Jamieson D, Sutton PD, Mathews TJ, Ventura SJ, Hamilton BE, Sheely K, Posner S. (2007) Health concerns of women and infants in times of natural disasters: Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.   Matern Child Health J, 11(4): 307-11. (Abstract)

Camelo-Lopez J, et al.  Preferential associations between oral clefts and other major congenital anomalies (Cleft Palate – Craniofacial J, 2007) (Abstract)

Caton AR, et al. Maternal hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and the risk of severe hypospadias.  Birth Defects Research A Clin Mol Teratol 2007. (Abstract)

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Chen MA, Werler MM, Rasmussen SA, Lammer EJ.  Maternal corticosteroid use and orofacial clefts.  Am J Obstet Gynecol – 197:585.e1-7, 2007. (Abstract)

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Laurent C, Olney RS, Lammer EJ, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.  Maternal reproductive and demographic characteristics as risk factors for hypospadias. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2007;21:210-218. (Abstract)

Carter TC, Druschel CM, Romitti PA, Bell EM, Werler MM, Mitchell AA. Antifungal drugs and the risk of birth defects. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Submitted under revision).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age, by Race/Ethnicity—United States, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55(51):1377-1380. (Abstract)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Hospital Stays, Hospital Charges, and In-Hospital Deaths Among Infants with Selected Birth Defects—United States, 2003. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 56(02):25-29. (Abstract)

Correa A, Cragan JD, Kucik JE, et al. (2007). MACDP 40^th Anniversary Edition Surveillance Report: Reporting Birth Defects Surveillance Data 1968-2003.  Birth Defects Research (Part A), 79: 65-186. (Abstract)

Duke et al.  Evaluation of fetal death certificates as a source of surveillance data for stillbirths with birth defects (Public Health Reports, in press)

Freeman SB, Allen EG, Oxford-Wright CL, Tinker SW, Druschel C, Hobbs CA et al. (2007) The National Down Syndrome Project:  Design and Implementation. Public Health Rep, 122(1): 62-72. (Abstract)

Green RF, Olney RS, Reefhuis J, Botto LD, Romitti PA. Maternal reports of family history from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2001 Genet Med (Accepted 9/12/07). (Abstract)

Honein MA, Lindstrom J, Kweder S.  (2007) Can we ensure the safe use of known human teratogens?:  The iPLEDGE test case.  Drug Safety, 30(1):5-15. (Abstract)

Honein MA, Rasmussen SA, Reefhuis J, Romitti P, Lammer EJ, Sun L et al. (2007) Maternal smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, and the risk of oral clefts. Epidemiology, 18(2), 226-233. (Abstract)

Jamieson DJ, Rasmussen SA, Cragan JD, Cono J (2007). Pregnancy and Emerging Diseases (letter). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13:519. (abstract)

Mastroiacovo P, Lisi A, Castilla EE, Martínez-Frías ML, Bermejo E, Marengo L, Kucik J, Siffel C, Halliday J, Gatt M, Annerèn G, Bianchi F, Canessa MA,
Danderfer R, de Walle H, Harris J, Li Z, Lowry RB, McDonell R, Merlob P, Metneki J, Mutchinick O, Robert-Gnansia E, Scarano G, Sipek A, Pötzsch S, Szabova E,Yevtushok L. Gastroschisis and associated defects: an international study. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Apr 1;143(7):660-71. (Abstract)

Malik S, Cleves MA, Zhao W, Correa A, Hobbs CA. Association between congenital heart defects and small for gestational age. Pediatrics Electronic Pages; 119:e976-e982. 2007. (Abstract)

Rasmussen SA, Yazdy MM, Carmichael SL, Jamieson DJ, Canfield MA, Honein MA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.  Maternal thyroid disease as a risk factor for craniosynostosis. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007;110:369-377.  (Abstract)

Rasmussen SA, Yazdy MM, Frias JL, Honein MA.  Priorities for public health research in craniosynostosis:  summary and recommendations from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored meeting.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, (in press).

Riehle, et al. Improving the Quality of Surveillance Data on Cardiovascular Malformations in the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program. (Birth Defects Research Part A, in press).

Romitti PA, Sun L, Honein MA, Reefhuis J, Correa A, Rasmussen SA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.  Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and risk of orofacial clefts.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007; 166: 775-785.  (Abstract)

Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Laurent C, Louik C, Finnell RH, Lammer EJ and National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Nutrient intakes in women and risks of anophthalmia and microphthalmia in their offspring. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 2007; 79;708-713. (Abstract)

Strickland M, Siffel C, Gardner B, Berzen A, & Correa A (2007). Quantifying Geocode Location Error Using GIS Methods. Environmental Health, 2007;6(1): 10. (Abstract)

The N, Honein MA, Caton A, Moore CA, Siega-Riz AM, Druschel CM and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.  Risk factors for isolated biliary atresia, 1997-2002.  American Journal of Medical Genetics – epub ahead of print Aug. 2007.

Waller DK, Shaw GM, Rasmussen SA, Hobbs CA, Canfield MA, Siega-Riz AM, Gallaway MS, Correa A; National Birth Defects Prevention Study.  Prepregnancy obesity as a risk factor for structural birth defects.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med,  2007; 161(8):745-50. (Abstract)

Wilson E, Goss MA, Marin M, Shields KE, Seward JF, Rasmussen SA, Sharrar RG.  Varicella vaccine exposure during pregnancy: Data from ten years of the pregnancy registry.  J Infect Dis -- in press.

Yang QH, et al. The impact of genotype frequencies on the clinical validity of genomic profiling for predicting common chronic diseases. Genetics in Medicine, in press. 2007 Aug : 9 (8) 528-35. (Abstract)

Yang J, et al. Socioeconomic position in relation to selected birth defects in a large multi-centered US case-control study. American Journal of Epidemiology. (Accepted 9/5/07)

Yang, Quan-He; Carter, Heather K; Mulinare, Joseph; Berry, R J; Friedman, J M; Erickson, J David - Race-ethnicity differences in folic acid intake in women of childbearing age in the United States after folic acid fortification: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2002. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1409-16 (Abstract)

Yazdy MM, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA, Frias J.  Priorities for Future Public Health Research in Orofacial Clefts. (2007). Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 44(4): 351-7.  (Abstract)

Yazdy MM, Honein MA, Xing J. Reduction in orofacial clefts following folic acid fortification of the U.S. grain supply.  (2007). Birth Defects Research Part A, 79:16-23.  (Abstract)

Yazdy MM, Autry AR, Honein MA, Frias JL.  Use of special education services among children with orofacial clefts in metropolitan Atlanta.  Birth Defects Research Part A (in press). 

2006

Biernath KR, Reefhuis J, Whitney CG, Mann EA, Costa P, Eichwald J et al. (2006). Bacterial meningitis among children with cochlear implants beyond 24 months after implantation. Pediatrics, 117, 284-289. (Abstract)

Botto L, Robert-Gnansia E, Siffel C, Harris J, Borman B, & Mastroiacovo P (2006). Fostering international collaboration in birth defect research and prevention: a perspective from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 774-780.(Abstract)

Botto LD, Lisi A, Bower C, Canfield MA, Dattani N, De Vigan C, De Walle H, Erickson DJ, Siffel C, Stoll C, Mastroiacovo P. Trends of selected malformations in relation to folic acid recommendations and fortification: an international assessment. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2006;76(10):693-705.  (Abstract)

Boulet SL, Correa-Villaseñor A, Hsia J, & Atrash H (2006) Feasibility of using the National Hospital Discharge Survey to estimate the prevalence of selected birth defects. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 76(11):757-761. (Abstract)

Callaghan WM, MacDorman MF, Rasmussen SA, Qin C, & Lackritz EM (2006). The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality in the United States. Pediatrics. 118, 1566-1573. (Abstract)

Canfield MA, Honein MA, Yuskiv N, Xing J, Mai CT, Collins JS et al. National Estimates and Race/Ethnic-Specific Variation of Selected Birth Defects in the United States, 1999-2001. Birth Defects Research (Part A), (epub ahead of print, October 2006).

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Yang W, Laurent C, Herring A, Royle MH et al. (2006). Correlates of intake of folic acid-containing supplements among pregnant women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194, 203-210.  (Abstract)

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Laurent C, Olney RS, Lammer EJ, & the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2006). Potential correlates of endogenous estrogens as risk factors for hypospadias. Paediatric and Perinatal  Epidemiology.

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Laurent C, Olney RS, Lammer EJ. Potential correlates of endogenous estrogens as risk factors for hypospadias. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2006;21:210-218.  (Abstract)

CDC. Hurricanes – Special Populations. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hurricanes. Accessed October 19, 2006.

CDC. Medication Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/meds/. Accessed October 19, 2006.

Cono J, Cragan JD, Jamieson DJ, Rasmussen SA. (2006) Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pregnant Women for Emerging Infections and Bioterrorism Emergencies. Emerg Infect Dis.;12(11):1631-7, 2006 (Abstract)

Correa-Villaseñor A, Min Y-I, Stewart PA, Lees PSJ, Breysee P, Dosemici M et al. (2006) Inter-rater agreement of assessed prenatal maternal occupational exposures to lead. Birth Defects Research (Part A) Clin Mol Teratol, 76(11), 811-24. (Abstract)

Cragan JD, Friedman JM, Holmes LB, Uhl K, Green N,S Riley L. (2006) Ensuring the Safe and Effective Use of Medications During Pregnancy: Planning and Prevention Through Preconception Care. MCH Journal,10 (Suppl 7):129-135. (Abstract)

Crider KS, Reefhuis J, Woomert A, & Honein MA (2006). Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Participation in DNA Collection at the Atlanta Site of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Am J Epidemiol, 164: 805-812. (Abstract)

Dott M, Chace D, Fierro M, Kalas TA, Hannon WH, Williams J et al. (2006). Metabolic disorders detectable by tandem mass spectrometry and unexpected early childhood mortality: a population-based study. Am J Med Genet, 140, 837-842. (Abstract)

Ebrahim SH, Atrash H. Managing persistent preventable threats to safer pregnancies and infant health in the United States: beyond silos and into integration, early intervention, and prevention. Journal of Womens Health (Larchmt) 2006;15(Nov):1090-1092.  (Abstract)

Ebrahim SH, Seen-Tsing Lo S, Zhuo J, Han JY, Delvoye P, Zhu L. Models of preconception care implementation in selected countries. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006;10(5 Suppl)(Sep):S37-S4. (Abstract)

Fisk Green R, Moore C. Incorporating genetic analyses into birth defects cluster investigations: Strategies for identifying candidate genes. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2006;Volume 76(11):798-810. (Abstract) 

Floyd RL, O'Connor MJ, Bertrand J, Sokol R. Reducing adverse outcomes from prenatal alcohol exposure: A clinical plan of action. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2006; 30(8):1271-1275.  (Abstract)

Gahagan S, Sharpe TT, Brimacombe M, Fry-Johnson Y, Levine R, Mengel M, O'Connor M, Paley B, Adubato S, Brenneman G. Pediatricians' knowledge, training, and experience in the care of children with fetal alcohol syndrome. Pediatrics 2006;118 (Sep(3)):e657-e658.  (Abstract)

Gilboa SM, Mendola P, Olshan AF, Savitz DA, Herring AH, Loomis D et al. (2006). Characteristics that predict locating and interviewing mothers identified by a state birth defects registry and vital records. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol, 76, 60-65.  (Abstract)

Gilboa SM, Mendola P, Olshan AF, Harness C, Langlois P, Savitz DA et al. (2006). Comparison of residential geocoding methods in population-based study of air quality and birth defects. Env Research, 101, 256-262. (Abstract)

Green-Raleigh K, Carter H, Mulniare J, Prue C, Petrini J. Trends in folic acid awareness and behavior in the United States: The Gallup Organization for the March of Dimes Foundation surveys, 1995-2005. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006; 10(7):177-182. (Abstract)

Jamieson DJ, Kourtis AP, Bell M, & Rasmussen SA (2006). Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: An emerging obstetric pathogen. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194, 1532-1536. (Abstract)

Jamieson DJ, Theiler RN, Rasmussen SA. (2006) Emerging infections and pregnancy.  Emerg Infect Dis., 12(11), 1638-1643. (Abstract)

Kenneson A, Kolor K, Yang Q, Olney RS, Rasmussen SA, & Friedman JM (2006). Trends and racial disparities in muscular dystrophy deaths in the United States, 1983-1998: An analysis of multiple cause mortality data. Am J Med Genet.(Abstract)

Lawrence JM, Watkins ML, Chiu V, Erickson JD, & Petitti DB (2006). Do racial and ethnic differences in serum folate values exist after food fortification with folic acid? Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194, 520-526. (Abstract)

O'Leary DR, Hinckley AF, Rasmussen SA, Pape WJ, Kightlinger LK, Beecham BD et al. (2006). Birth outcomes following West Nile Virus infection of pregnant women in the United States: 2003-2004. Pediatrics, 117, e537-e545. (Abstract)

Olney RS, Moore CA, Ojodu JA, Lindegreen ML, & Hannon WH (2006). Storage and use of residual dried blood spots from state newborn screening programs. Journal of Pediatrics, 148, 618-622. (Abstract)

Rasmussen SA, Wong L-Y, Correa A, Gambrell D, & Friedman JF (2006). Survival of infants with Down syndrome, Metropolitan Atlanta, 1979-1998. J Pediatr, 148, 806-812. (Abstract)

Reefhuis J, Rasmussen SA, & Friedman JM (2006). Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn [research letter]. N Eng J Med, 354, 2188-2190. (Abstract)

Reynolds MA, Schieve LA. Trends in embryo transfer practices and multiple gestation for IVF procedures in the USA, 1996-2002. Human Reproduction 2006;21(Mar):694-700.   (Abstract)

Rowland C, Correa A, Cragan J, & Alverson CJ (2006). Are encephaloceles neural tube defects?  Data from Atlanta, Georgia: 1968-2002. Pediatrics, 118, 916-923. (Abstract)

Rurangirwa JK, Van Naarden Braun K, Schendel DE, Yeargin-Allsopp M. Healthy behaviors and lifestyles in young adults with a history of developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities 2006;27:381-399. (Abstract)

Schieve LA, Rosenberg D, Handler A, Rankin K, Reynolds MA. Validity of self-reported use of assisted reproductive technology treatment among women participating in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in five states, 2000. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006;10(Sep(5)):427-431.   (Abstract)

Shapira SK, Dolan S. Genetic risks to the mother and the infant: assessment, counseling, and management. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006;10(5):S143-S146.  (Abstract)

Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Laurent C, & Rasmussen SA (2006). Maternal nutrient intakes and risk of orofacial clefts. Epidemiology, 17, 285-291. (
Abstract)

Siega-Riz AM, Olshan AF, Werler MM, Moore CA, & the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (2006). Fat Intake and the Risk of Gastroschisis. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 76, 241-245. (Abstract)

Siffel C, Strickland MJ, Gardner BR, Kirby RS, & Correa A (2006) The Role of Geographic Information Systems in Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 75(11): 825-833. (Abstract)

Wiggins LD, Baio J, Rice C. Examination of the time between first evaluation and first autism spectrum diagnosis in a population-based sample. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 2006;27:s79-s87.  (Abstract)

Williams JL, Abelman SH, Fassett EM, Stone CE, Petrini JR, Damus K, Mulinare J. Health care provider knowledge and practices regarding folic acid, United States, 2002-2003. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006;10(Sep(5)):S67-S72.  (Abstract)

Whitehead NS, Rasmussen SA, Cox S, & Posner SF (2006). Prevalence and predictors of receipt of prenatal information about genetic screening. Prenat Diagn., 26, 944-950. (Abstract)

Yang QH, Botto LD, Erickson JD, Berry RJ, Sambell C, Johansen H et al. (2006). Improvement in stroke mortality in Canada and the United States, 1990 to 2002. Circulation, 113, 1335-1343. (Abstract)

Yang QH, Chen H, Correa A, Devine O, Mathews TJ, Honein MA (2006). Racial Differences in Infant Mortality Attributable to Birth Defects in the United States, 1990-2002. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 76:706-13. (Abstract)

Yang QH, Greenland S, & Flanders WD (2006). Separating the impact of changes in maternal age and age-specific prevalence on trends in low birth weight prevalence in the United States, 1980-2000. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 856-861.

Yang QH, Khoury MJ, Friedman JF, Little J, Flanders WD. Arthurs' response to a refinement on how many genes underlie the occurrence of common complex diseases in the population. International Journal of Epidemiology 2006;35:498-499.

Date: January 14, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities