Prevalence of birth defects among infants of Gulf War veterans in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, and Iowa, 1989-1993

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-260

  Araneta, Maria Rosario G ^a,h   Schlangen, Karen M ^a   Edmonds, Larry D ^b   Destiche, Daniel A ^a   Merz, Ruth D ^c   Hobbs, Charlotte A ^d   Flood, Timothy J ^e   Harris, John A ^f   Krishnamurti, Diane ^g   Gray, Gregory C ^a  

^a Department of Defense   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Hawaii Birth Defects Program   (United States)

^d AR Repro Hlth Monitoring Syt   (United States)

^e AZ Birth Defects Monitoring Prog   (United States)

^f California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^g Iowa Birth Defects Registry   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Birth defects; Gulf War veterans; Hypospadias; Persian Gulf War; Renal agenesis or hypoplasia; Tricuspid valve insufficiency; Tricuspid valve regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ARIZONA; ARKANSAS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; VETERANS; WAR;

NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 10744221448     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10033     Document Type: Article

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