The Effects of Periconceptional Risk Factor Exposure and Micronutrient Supplementation on Birth Defects in Shaanxi Province in Western China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Wenfang ^a   Zeng, Lingxia ^b   Cheng, Yue ^b   Chen, Zhijun ^c   Wang, Xiang ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Yan, Hong ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; PESTICIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PERICONCEPTIONAL RISK FACTOR; POLLUTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEA;

ADULT; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871799920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053429     Document Type: Article

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