Hispanic origin and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas I. descriptive epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  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; Ethnic groups; Hispanic Americans; Neural tube defects; Prenatal diagnosis; Prevalence; Spina bifida cystica

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANENCEPHALY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TEXAS;

EID: 0030054078     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008647     Document Type: Article

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