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A cross sectional study of the relationship between the exposure of pregnant women to military attacks in 2014 in Gaza and the load of heavy metal contaminants in the hair of …

Manduca, Paola; Diab, Safwat Y; Qouta, Samir; Albarqouni, Nabil MA; Punamaki, Raiija-Leena (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2017)

Objective Metal contamination of humans in war areas has rarely been investigated. Weaponry’s heavy metals become environmentally stable war remnants and accumulate in living things. They also pose health risks in terms ...
Changes in outcomes of pregnancies in Gaza from 2011 to 2016; relationship with environmental changes and load of heavy metals in mothers and newborns

AL Baraquni, Nabil; Abu Abadi, Dania; Abdallah, Hanady; Abu Hamad, Ghada; Abu Mosa, Taghreed; Baloushah, Suha; Miqdad, Huda; Salah, Maha; EL Shawwa, Raneem; Diab, Safwat Y; Qouta, Samir; Punamäki, Raija-Leena; Manduca, Paola (Pergamon, 2017)

Methods: Surveillance at birth accompanied by chemical analysis of the load of heavy metals in mothers and newborns hair [2]: registration of sequential births at 3 time points (2011, 2015, 2016) following 3 military attacks ...