Hispanic origin and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas II. Risk factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-24

  Canfield, M A ^a   Annegers, J F ^b   Brender, J D ^a   Cooper, S P ^b   Greenberg, F ^c  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Case control studies; Diabetes mellitus; Hispanic Americans; Neural tube defects; Prenatal care; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida cystica

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TEXAS;

EID: 0030051947     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008653     Document Type: Article

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