Prevalence of birth defects and risk-factor analysis from a population-based survey in Inner Mongolia, China

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xingguang ^a   Li, Su ^a   Wu, Siqintuya ^a   Hao, Xiaojin ^b   Guo, Shuyi ^c   Suzuki, Kota ^d   Yokomichi, Hiroshi ^d   Yamagata, Zentaro ^d  

^a INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Family Planning Committee   (China)

^c Hohhot Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Prevalence rate; Relative risk; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PES EQUINOVARUS; POLYDACTYLY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84865298885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-125     Document Type: Article

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