Seasonality of spina bifida in Northern Germany

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 849-854

  Beyer, D A ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Weichert, J ^a   Kavallaris, A ^a   Amari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Development; Environmental influence; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINA BIFIDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855739475     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1762-0     Document Type: Article

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