European recommendations for primary prevention of congenital anomalies: A joined effort of EUROCAT and EUROPLAN projects to facilitate inclusion of this topic in the national rare disease plans

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-123

  Taruscio, Domenica ^a   Arriola, Larraitz ^b   Baldi, Francesca ^a   Barisic, Ingeborg ^c   Bermejo Sánchez, Eva ^d   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^e   Calzolari, Elisa ^f   Carbone, Pietro ^a   Curran, Rhonda ^g   Garne, Ester ^h   Gatt, Miriam ^b   Latos Bieleńska, Anna ⁱ   Khoshnood, Babak ^j   Irgens, Lorentz ^k   Mantovani, Alberto ^a   Martínez Frías, Maria Luisa ^l   Neville, Amanda ^f   Rißmann, Anke ^m   Ruggeri, Stefania ⁿ   Wellesley, Diana ^o   Dolk, Helen ^g   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health Istituto Superiore di Sanità ^*  (Malta)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^f IMER Registry (Emila Romagna Registry of Birth Defects)   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^h KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^j INSERM   (France)

^k Medical Birth Registry of Norway   (Norway)

^l INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^m OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; EUROCAT; EUROPLAN; Genetic counseling; Health services; Lifestyles; Preconceptional care; Pregnancy; Primary prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; EUROPEAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION PROCESSES; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RARE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERATOGENS;

EID: 84897362189     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360602     Document Type: Article

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