Heterogeneous rates for birth defects in Latin America: Hints on causality

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-481

  Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^a   Orioli, Iêda M ^b  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

congenital defects; Latin American population; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ABNORMALITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

MICROTIA;

EID: 0029862074     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:5<469::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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