Secular trends of hypospadias prevalence and factors associated with it in Southeast China during 1993-2005

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-465

  Jin, Lei ^a   Ye, Rongwei ^a   Zheng, Junchi ^a   Hong, Shixin ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Hypospadias; Prevalence; Risk factor; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORONAL HYPOSPADIAS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINEAL HYPOSPASIAS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; HEALTH SURVEY;

CHINA; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953304165     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20673     Document Type: Article

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