Who Should Be Targeted for the Prevention of Birth Defects? A Latent Class Analysis Based on a Large, Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study in Shaanxi Province, Western China.

BACKGROUND:The wide range and complex combinations of factors that cause birth defects impede the development of primary prevention strategies targeted at high-risk subpopulations. METHODS:Latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify mutually exclusive profiles of factors associated with bi...

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Main Authors: Zhonghai Zhu, Yue Cheng, Wenfang Yang, Danyang Li, Xue Yang, Danli Liu, Min Zhang, Hong Yan, Lingxia Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4868366?pdf=render