Proportion of neural tube defects attributable to known risk factors

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-46

  Agopian, A J ^a   Tinker, Sarah C ^b   Lupo, Philip J ^a   Canfield, Mark A ^c   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Attributable fraction; Congenital abnormalities; Neural tube; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUNA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; CAUSALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872388215     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23100     Document Type: Article

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