Maternal occupational exposure to ionizing radiation and birth defects
✍ Scribed by Awi Wiesel; Claudia Spix; Andreas Mergenthaler; Annette Queißer-Luft
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-634X
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## Abstract ## **BACKGROUND** Hypospadias is a common congenital malformation among men in which the urethral opening is ventrally displaced. Pesticide exposure has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor, but previous epidemiologic studies have produced inconsistent results. ## **METHODS**
Damage to the microcirculation caused by high-dose ionizing radiation is well known but data concerning low-dose exposure are scant and contrasting. We employed capillary microscopy to study dermal microcirculation damage resulting from occupational exposure to ionizing radiation doses lower than 5