Description: The National Birth Defects Prevention Study is the largest study in the U.S. looking at the causes of birth defects. The study began in 1996 when Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish the Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (CBDRP). The Centers are in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah. These states have existing birth defects programs with nationally recognized expertise in bir
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The NBDPS is the largest U.S. effort to study birth defects...
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