Biological and environmental hazards associated with exposure to chemical warfare agents: arsenicals
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In the present work we studied the incidence of fetal deaths among conceptions whose fathers or both parents were survivors of chemical warfare attacks by Iraq. We showed that there was significant correlation between frequency of fetal deaths among conceptions which eventuated after exposure of the parents to gas bombs compared to the frequency of fetal deaths among the control group. Thi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0077-8923
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13214