Prevalence of neural tube defects in economically and socially deprived area of China

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1119-1124

  Liu, Jie ^a   Yang, Guo Z ^b   Zhou, Jin L ^c   Cao, Shi P ^b   Chau, David H W ^a   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^d   Lin, Marie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Maternal and Child Health Care   (China)

^c GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANENCEPHALY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 34548642657     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0344-3     Document Type: Article

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