Maternal overweight and obesity and the risk of neural tube defects: A case-control study in China

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 161-165

  Gao, Li Jie ^a   Wang, Zhi Ping ^a   Lu, Qing Bin ^a   Gong, Rui ^a   Sun, Xi Hong ^a   Zhao, Zhong Tang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Neural tube defect; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84875612498     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23123     Document Type: Article

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