ArticleConflict and health2012
Birth defects in Iraq and the plausibility of environmental exposure: A review.
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- A cross-sectional study of brownfields and birth defects.Birth defects research · 2022Article
- Perception Determinants of Women and Healthcare Providers on the Effects of Oil Pollution on Maternal and Newborn Outcomes in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.International journal of women's health · 2020Article
- Medical effects of internal contamination with actinides: further controversy on depleted uranium and radioactive warfare.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2016Review
- Conflict and Health: seven years of advancing science in humanitarian crises.Conflict and health · 2014Article
- Analysis of heat-labile sites generated by reactions of depleted uranium and ascorbate in plasmid DNA.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2014Article
- Metal contamination and the epidemic of congenital birth defects in Iraqi cities.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2012Article
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Abstract
An increased prevalence of birth defects was allegedly reported in Iraq in the post 1991 Gulf War period, which was largely attributed to exposure to depleted uranium used in the war. This has encouraged further research on this particular topic. This paper reviews the published literature and provided evidence concerning birth defects in Iraq to elucidate possible environmental exposure. In addition to published research, this review used some direct observation of birth defects data from Al-Ramadi Maternity and Paediatric Hospital in Al-Anbar Governorate in Iraq from1st July 2000 through 30th June 2002. In addition to depleted uranium other war-related environmental factors have been studied and linked directly or indirectly with the increasing prevalence of birth defects. However, the reviewed studies and the available research evidence do not provide a clear increase in birth defects and a clear indication of a possible environmental exposure including depleted uranium although the country has been facing several environmental challenges since 1980.
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