Use of hierarchical models to analyse European trends in congenital anomaly prevalence

Background: Surveillance of congenital anomalies is important to identify potential teratogens. Despite known associations between different anomalies, current surveillance methods examine trends within each subgroup separately. We aimed to evaluate whether hierarchical statistical methods that comb...

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Main Authors: Cavadino, A, Prieto-Merino, D, Addor, M, Arriola, L, Draper, E, Garne, E, Greenlees, R, Haeusler, M, Khoshnood, B, Kurinczuk, J, McDonnell, B, Nelen, V, O'Mahoney, M, Randrianaivo, H, Rankin, J, Rissman, A, Tucker, D, Verrelen-Dumouli, C, de Walle, H, Wellesley, D, Morris, J, Bianchi, F
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2016