Epidemiologic characteristics of birth defects in the Hainan Province from 2000 to 2010, China

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 750-754

  Fan, Lichun ^a,b   Gong, Tian ^a   Cao, Xia ^b   Du, Yukai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Dermatology Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Hainan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital malformations; Descriptive epidemiology; Mother and child health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MONITORING; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; URBAN AREA;

BIRTH DEFECTS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH;

ADULT; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888050197     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23148     Document Type: Article

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