Case-control study of nutritional and environmental factors and the risk of oral clefts in Thailand.

Christy M McKinneyAraya PisekBowornsilp ChowchuenTimothy DeRouenBenja MuktabhantSuteera PradubwongCathy YeungWaranuch Pitiphat

Published in: Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology (2016)

Our findings add to a growing body of knowledge of environmental risk factors for oral clefts from low- and middle-income countries. Our findings on liver are contradictory to prior results. Large multisite studies are needed to identify environmental and genetic risk factors for oral clefts. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 106:624-632, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keyphrases

healthcare
gene expression
pregnant women
risk assessment
climate change
pregnancy outcomes