Heritable anomalies among the inhabitants of regions of normal and high background radiation in Kerala: Results of a cohort study, 1988-1994

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-515

  Padmanabhan, V T ^a   Sugunan, A P ^b   Brahmaputhran, C K ^b   Nandini, K ^b   Pavithran, K ^b  

^a Green Audit   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHILDBEARING; HEALTH RISK; HERITABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3543086917     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/3XYE-QJPU-01BF-8YKE     Document Type: Review

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