Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
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To identify the risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) in children. ⋯ The first and second categories of risk factors correlated strongly and reproducibly with CP in children. It is emphasized that antenatal care be enforced to prevent occurrence of risk factors, such as low birth weight, etc., and the newborns with asphyxia be vigorously rescued and put under close supervision. For risk factors in the third category, the key measures should be obstetric practice and health education for the parents. But, little about the knowledge of the risk factors in the fourth category has been understood, which could be associated with those in the first two categories.