Uranium and other contaminants in hair from the parents of children with congenital anomalies in Fallujah, Iraq

Conflict and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Alaani, Samira ^a   Tafash, Muhammed ^a   Busby, Christopher ^b   Hamdan, Malak ^c   Blaurock Busch, Eleonore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Office 4   (United Kingdom)

^d Microtrace Minerals   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; congenital anomaly; Depleted Uranium; Fallujah; hair analysis; heavy metals; Iraq

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053272359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-15     Document Type: Article

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