TY - BOOK TI - Birth Defects Surveillance: A Manual for Programme Managers SN - 978-9241548724 U1 - 616.043 PY - 2014/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Birth Defects Surveillance KW - Birth Defects N2 - Congenital anomalies, also known as birth defects, are structural or functional abnormalities, including metabolic disorders, which are present from birth. Congenital anomalies are a diverse group of disorders of prenatal origin, which can be caused by single gene defects, chromosomal disorders, multifactorial inheritance, environmental teratogens or micronutrient deficiencies ER -