High Rates of Birth Defects in Fallujah, Iraq: Radiological and Chemical Pollution of the Affected Children and their Parents
Samira Telfah Abdulghani Alaani, Mohammad Tafash, Abdulkadir Abdulkareem Murie & Allawi Muhyee Al-Esawi · Asian Journal of Immunology · 2020
Background: Lack of birth registers hindered knowledge of the frequency of birth defects (BD) in Fallujah, Iraq and comparison of changes in prevalence in time. One study found correlation between BD presentation and teratogenic metal load [1]. Methods: We obtained reproductive h...
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