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Risk factors for major external structural birth defects among children in Kiambu County, Kenya: a case-control study

2021-04-30

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<h4>Background: </h4> Although major external structural birth defects continue to occur globally, the greatest burden is shouldered by resource-constrained countries with no surveillance systems. To our knowledge, many studies have been published on risk factors for major external structural birth defects, however, limited studies have been published in developing countries. The objective of this study was to ide...

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Literature Corpus work: b685450f-e309-59f2-bfa0-d9d9add115c1
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.50738.2

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