Childhood physical abnormalities following paternal exposure to sulfur mustard gas in Iran: A case-control study

Conflict and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Abolghasemi, Hassan ^a   Radfar, Mohammad H ^b   Rambod, Mehdi ^c   Salehi, Parvin ^a   Ghofrani, Hossein ^a   Soroush, Mohammad R ^d   Falahaty, Farahnaz ^a   Tavakolifar, Yousef ^a   Sadaghianifar, Ali ^a   Khademolhosseini, Seyyed M ^a   Kavehmanesh, Zohreh ^a   Joffres, Michel ^e   Burkle Jr , Frederick M ^f   Mills, Edward J ^g  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 79957902222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-13     Document Type: Article

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