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Is maternal parity an independent risk factor for birth defects?
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Apr 2012
Duong Hao T, Hoyt Adrienne T, Carmichael Suzan L, Gilboa Suzanne M, Canfield Mark A, Case Amy, McNeese Melanie L, Waller Dorothy Kim
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BACKGROUND: Although associations between maternal parity and birth defects have been observed previously, few studies have focused on the possibility that parity is an independent risk factor for birth defects. We investigated the relation between levels of parity and a range of birth defects, adjusting each defect group for the same covariates. METHODS: We included infants who had an estimated delivery date...
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