Environmental risk factors for congenital heart disease in the Shandong peninsula, China: A hospital-based case-control study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 122-130

  Liu, Shiwei ^a   Liu, Junxiu ^a   Tang, Ji ^b   Ji, Jiafen ^c   Chen, Jingwu ^c   Liu, Changyun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Chinese Preventive Medicine Association   (China)

^c WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart defects; Hospital based; Matched case control study; Risk factors; Shandong peninsular area of China

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650763247     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20080039     Document Type: Article

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