Potential parental exposure to pesticides and limb reduction 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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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0355-3140,1795-990X
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1412