Cancer, infant mortality and birth sex-ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005-2009

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2828-2837

  Busby, Chris ^a   Hamdan, Malak ^b   Ariabi, Entesar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depleted uranium; Fallujah; Gulf war; Iraq; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH RATE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAQ; KUWAIT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; WAR; WEAPON;

EID: 78649554166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7072828     Document Type: Article

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