The risk of birth defects among children of persian gulf war veterans

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 1650-1656

  Cowan, David N ^a,c   DeFraites, Robert F ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^b   Goldenbaum, Mary B ^a   Wishik, Samuel M ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SRA Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0030997901     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199706053362306     Document Type: Article

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