New Zealand Birth Defects Registry (NZBDR)

The aims of this project are:

To continue monitoring the occurrence of birth defects among livebirths and fetal deaths in New Zealand.
To provide data on the prevalence of birth defects for ad hoc.
To provide annual data to the Ministry of Health and International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR)
To investigate clusters of birth defects
To provide expert technical assistance and advice on the epidemiology of birth defects

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Borman B, Poynter M. When enough is not enough: folic acid fortification in New Zealand. NZ Med J, 2014; 127(1399): 83-84.
Borman B, Read D. (2010) Birth Defects in the New Plymouth District. Technical Report No 32. Wellington: CPHR.
Borman B, Read D. 2,4,5-T and birth defects in New Zealand. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, August, 2010. Epidemiology, 2011; 22(S1): S124-S125.