Altitude as a risk factor for congenital anomalies

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Castilla, Eduardo E ^a,b   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^c   Campaña, Hebe ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ECLAMC Ctro Educacion Medica I   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Altitude; Birth defects; Branchial arch defects; Neural tube defects; South America

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABNORMALITIES; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA;

MICROTIA;

EID: 0032791830     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990903)86:1<9::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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