Epidemiology of birth defects based on surveillance data from 2011-2015 in Guangxi, China: comparison across five major ethnic groups

• Main Authors: Jichang Chen (Author), Xuemei Huang (Author), Bo Wang (Author), Yu Zhang (Author), Chokechai Rongkavilit (Author), Dingyuan Zeng (Author), Yongjiang Jiang (Author), Ba Wei (Author), Chawla Sanjay (Author), Eric McGrath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The causes of birth defects (BDs) are complex and include genetic and environmental factors and/or their interactions. More research is needed to describe the epidemiology of BDs within specific regions of China. This study focused on differences in the prevalence of BDs based on...