Maternal socioeconomic status and the risk of congenital heart defects in offspring: a meta-analysis of 33 studies.

BACKGROUND: We conducted this meta-analysis to address the open question of a possible association between maternal socioeconomic status and congenital heart defects (CHDs). METHODS: We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE from their inception to January 1, 2014 for case-control and cohort studies that asses...

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Main Authors: Di Yu, Yu Feng, Lei Yang, Min Da, Changfeng Fan, Song Wang, Xuming Mo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4210244?pdf=render