Health outcomes among infants born to women deployed to United States military operations during pregnancy

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Ryan, Margaret A K ^a   Jacobson, Isabel G ^b   Sevick, Carter J ^b   Smith, Tyler C ^b   Gumbs, Gia R ^b   Conlin, Ava Marie S ^b  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Military personnel; Reproductive history; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;

EID: 79851496472     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20746     Document Type: Article

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