Neural tube defects along the Texas-Mexico border, 1993-1995

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1119-1127

  Hendricks, Katherine A ^a   Simpson, J Scott ^a   Larsen, Russell D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Mexican Americans; Neural tube defects; Spina bifida cystica

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOCELE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033564057     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009766     Document Type: Article

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