Birth prevalence of neural tube defects and orofacial clefts in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Allagh, Komal Preet ^a   Shamanna, B R ^b   Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^a   Ness, Andy R ^c,d   Doyle, Pat ^e   Neogi, Sutapa B ^a   Pant, Hira B ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLEFT FACE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OROFACIAL CLEFT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84929454606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.011896     Document Type: Article

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