Effect of exposure to trace elements in the soil on the prevalence of neural tube defects in a high-risk area of China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-101

  Huang, Jing ^a   Wu, JiLei ^a   Li, TieJun ^a   Song, XinMing ^a   Zhang, BingZi ^a   Zhang, PingWen ^a   Zheng, XiaoYing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood estimation; Neural tube defects; Poisson model; Risk factors identification; Trace element

Indexed keywords

METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 79955911107     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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