cns: Malformations of the central nervous system
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Malformations of the central nervous system
Description
Frequencies of various malformations of the central nervous system recorded
on live births in South Wales, UK. Study was designed to determine the
effect of water hardness on the incidence of such malformations.
Format
A data frame with 16 observations on the following 7 variables.
- Area
a factor with levels Cardiff GlamorganC
GlamorganE GlamorganW MonmouthOther MonmouthV
Newport Swansea being areas of South Wales
- NoCNS
count
of births with no CNS problem
- An
count of Anencephalus births
- Sp
count of Spina Bifida births
- Other
count of other CNS
births
- Water
water hardeness
- Work
a factor with levels
Manual NonManual being the type of work done by the parents
Source
C. Lowe and C. Roberts and S. Lloyd, (1971) Malformations of the
central nervous system and softness of local water supplies, British Medical
Journal, 15,357-361.
References
P. McCullagh and J. Nelder (1989), Generalized Linear Models,
Chapman and Hall, 2nd Ed.
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Malformations of the central nervous system
Description
Frequencies of various malformations of the central nervous system recorded on live births in South Wales, UK. Study was designed to determine the effect of water hardness on the incidence of such malformations.
Format
A data frame with 16 observations on the following 7 variables.
- Area
a factor with levels
CardiffGlamorganCGlamorganEGlamorganWMonmouthOtherMonmouthVNewportSwanseabeing areas of South Wales- NoCNS
count of births with no CNS problem
- An
count of Anencephalus births
- Sp
count of Spina Bifida births
- Other
count of other CNS births
- Water
water hardeness
- Work
a factor with levels
ManualNonManualbeing the type of work done by the parents
Source
C. Lowe and C. Roberts and S. Lloyd, (1971) Malformations of the central nervous system and softness of local water supplies, British Medical Journal, 15,357-361.
References
P. McCullagh and J. Nelder (1989), Generalized Linear Models, Chapman and Hall, 2nd Ed.
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