Reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among French gulf war veterans

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Verret, Catherine ^a,b   Jutand, Mathe Aline ^c   De Vigan, Catherine ^c,d,e   Bégassat, Marion ^c   Bensefa Colas, Lynda ^f   Brochard, Patrick ^a   Salamon, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Université Pierre et Marie Curie 6 ^*  (France)

^f Paris 5 University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VETERAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FRANCE; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; WAR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 44049094455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-141     Document Type: Article

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