Huong L.D., Phuong N.T.N., Thuy T.T., Hoan N.T.K.
Ob-Gyn Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Abstract:
The statistical data reported here on women seen during the last 30 years at the Gynecological and Obstetrical Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City would seem to show a sharp increase in the rate of fetal death in utero, hydatidiform mole (with or without choriocarcinoma) and congenital malformations since the pre-1965-1975 period. The increase has remained until the present. It is hoped that further studies, including those measuring the body burden of residual dioxin, will be able to establish whether there is is any link between phenoxyherbicide exposure and unfortunate outcomes of pregnancy as suggested by these preliminary observations.
Index Keywords:
herbicide; birth defect; choriocarcinoma; embryo; fatality; fetus; fetus death; human; hydatidiform mole; pregnancy; viet nam
Year:
1989
Source title:
Chemosphere
Volume:
18
Issue:
6-Jan
Page :
805-810
Cited by:
3
Link:
Scorpus Link
Authors with affiliations:
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Huong, L.D., Ob-Gyn Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Phuong, N.T.N., Ob-Gyn Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Thuy, T.T., Ob-Gyn Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Hoan, N.T.K., Ob-Gyn Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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