The CCASN Current Topics is a forum for health professionals, organizations, students of various disciplines, and individuals with an interest in surveillance, research and prevention of congenital anomalies across Canada to share expertise and information.
Professionals may submit an article relating to:
The CCASN Advisory Group will serve as the Editorial Panel.
Submissions should be less than 800 words and submitted in electronic format using Word or WordPerfect to CCASN@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in Current Topics are those of
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Public
Health Agency of Canada. Submissions to Current Topics have
been reviewed and approved by the CCASN
Advisory Group.
Summer 2006: Modifiable Risk Factors and Primary |
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Submission titles: |
First Author and Affiliation |
Alcohol Consumption by Women of Child-bearing Age: A Modifiable Risk Factor |
Mary Johnston, |
Albert E. Chudley |
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Jane A. Evans, Amanda Fortier |
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* this information was provided by a source that is not subject to the OLA and is not available in both official languages. |
Winter 2005: Oral Facial Clefts |
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Submission titles: |
First Author and Affiliation |
Oral Clefting in Canada : a temporal analysis for the period 1989-2000 |
J Andrés León, Jocelyn Rouleau |
Overview of Epidemiology and Aetiology of Orofacial Clefts * |
Julian Little |
Barbara Sibbald, Brian Lowry |
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Birth Prevalence of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in British Columbia : between 1985 and 2004 * |
Soo-Hong Uh |
L. Van Til, D. Boswall |
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Oral Clefts in Saskatchewan : Birth Prevalence Trends Over a Ten-year Period (1994-2003) * |
Brandy Winquist |
Winter 2004: Abdominal Wall Defects |
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Submission titles: |
First Author and Affiliation |
Abdominal
Wall Defects (AWD) – National Surveillance Data ![]() |
Ruth Kohut, Calgary Health Regions |
A
Review of Reported Gastroschisis in B.C.: An Opportunity
to Assess the Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System * ![]() |
Soog-Hong Uh and Robert Fisk |
Abdominal
Wall Defects - Alberta 1980 - 2002 *![]() |
Barbara Sibbald, Brian Lowry |
Fall 2003: Down Syndrome |
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Submission titles: |
First Author and Affiliation |
R. Kohut |
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Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System Data on Down Syndrome |
R. Kohut |
Carol Johnson |
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Carlos Caraveo |
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M. Jackson |
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B. Sibbald |
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Unchanged Prevalence of Trisomy 21 With Folic Acid Food Fortification in Canada* |
Joel G Ray, MD, MSc, FRCPC |
* this information was provided by a source that is not subject to the OLA and is not available in both official languages