Time trends and geographic variations in the prevalence of hypospadias in China

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Li, Yuehua ^a   Mao, Meng ^a   Dai, Li ^a   Li, Kesheng ^b   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Zhou, Guangxuan ^a   Wang, Yanping ^a   Li, Qi ^a   He, Chunhua ^a   Liang, Juan ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Geographic variations; Hypospadias; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862946090     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.22854     Document Type: Article

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