A population-based case-control study of risk factors for neural tube defects in four high-prevalence areas of Shanxi province, China

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Li, Zhiwen ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^a   Zhang, Le ^a   Guo, Zhanying ^b   Li, Zhu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Seismological Bureau of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental exposures; Maternal diet; Maternal medication; Neural tube defects; Passive smoking; Prenatal infection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHENAZONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CIGARETTE SMOKE; FOLIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENACETIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAMNESIS; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEVER; HUMAN; LEGUME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEAT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SPINA BIFIDA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 33645131830     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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