Oral clefts, transforming growth factor alpha gene variants, and maternal smoking: A population-based case-control study in Denmark, 1991- 1994

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-255

  Christensen, Kaare ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Nørgaard Pedersen, Bent ^c   Basso, Olga ^b   Støvring, Henrik ^a   Milhollin Johnson, Lisa ^d   Murray, Jeffrey C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Smoking; Transforming growth factor alpha

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING;

EID: 0033081772     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009799     Document Type: Article

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