Birth outcomes among military personnel after exposure to documented open-air burn pits before and during pregnancy

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 689-697

  Conlin, Ava Marie S ^a   DeScisciolo, Connie ^a   Sevick, Carter J ^a   Bukowinski, Anna T ^a   Phillips, Christopher J ^a   Smith, Tyler C ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SMOKE; SOLDIER;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SMOKE; VETERANS;

EID: 84862580132     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824fe154     Document Type: Article

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