Childhood physical abnormalities following paternal exposure to sulfur mustard gas in Iran a case-control study.docVIP

Abolghasemietal.ConflictandHealth2010,4:13 /content/4/1/13 RESEARCH OpenAccess Childhoodphysicalabnormalitiesfollowing paternalexposuretosulfurmustardgas inIran:acase-controlstudy HassanAbolghasemi1,MohammadHRadfar2*,MehdiRambod3,ParvinSalehi1,HosseinGhofrani1, MohammadRSoroush4,FarahnazFalahaty1,YousefTavakolifar1,AliSadaghianifar1,SeyyedMKhademolhosseini1, ZohrehKavehmanesh1,MichelJoffres5,FrederickMBurkleJr6,EdwardJMills7 Abstract Background:Mustardgas,aknownchemicalweapon,wasusedduringtheIran-Iraqwarof1980-1988.Weaimed todetermineifexposuretomustardgasamongmenwassignificantlyassociatedwi