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Clinical screening for congenital heart disease at birth: A long way to go

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Reich, J.D. Clinical screening for congenital heart disease at birth: A long way to go. Indian Pediatr 48, 17–18 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-011-0011-3

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