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Original Article

The effects of preconception examinations on neural tube defects and the primary preventive measures: case–control study

Rui Gong1 Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China, ;2 Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China, ;3 Rehabilitation Research Centre for Deaf Children, Beijing, China, and
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Zhi-Ping Wang1 Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China,
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Meng Wang4 Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Li-Jie Gao1 Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China,
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Qing-Bin Lu1 Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China,
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Zhong-Tang Zhao1 Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 2773-2779 | Received 22 May 2015, Accepted 01 Oct 2015, Published online: 22 Jan 2016

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