Prevalence of birth defects in an Arctic Russian setting from 1973 to 2011: a register-based study

• Published in: Reproductive Health
• Main Authors: Postoev, Vitaly Alexandrovich, Nieboer, Evert, Grjibovski, Andrej, Odland, Jon Øyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Birth register; Birth defects; Prevalence; Murmansk county birth registry; Russian Federation; Arctic; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800; Murmansk; Monchegorsk
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8806; https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-12-3

Published version. Source at http://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-12-3 . Background Birth defects (BD) constitute an important public health issue as they are the main cause of infant death. Their prevalence in Europe for 2008–2012 was 25.6 per 1000 newborns. To date, there are no population-based studi...