Cumulative Environmental Quality Associations with Limb Reduction Birth Defects
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Of all congenital anomalies, limb reduction defects maintain a high profile with the public. In the early 1960s, high rates of limb reductions were associated with expectant mothers taking the drug thalidomide. As a result of this, congenital anomaly surveillance systems were established to try and prevent further such episodes. In the late 1980s limb reductions were found to be associated with...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Epidemiology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2474-7882
DOI: 10.1097/01.ee9.0000608224.43322.ba