Association between maternal age and birth defects of unknown etiology - United States, 1997-2007

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1010-1018

  Gill, Simerpal K ^a,b   Broussard, Cheryl ^a   Devine, Owen ^a   Green, Ridgely Fisk ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Reefhuis, Jennita ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Maternal age; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AMNION BAND; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871144829     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23049     Document Type: Article

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