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Contribution of clinical teratologists and geneticists to the evaluation of the etiology of congenital malformations alleged to be caused by environmental agents: Ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, microwaves, radionuclides, and ultrasound
John M. Graham Jr.,
Kenneth Lyons Jones,
Robert L. Brent,
John M. Graham Jr.
Division of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology, Medical Genetics Birth Defects Center, Steven Spielberg Pediatrics Research Center, SHARE's Child Disability Center, Ahmanson Pediatric Center, UCLA University Affiliated Program, UCLA School of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
Search for more papers by this authorKenneth Lyons Jones
Birth Defects Center, Department of Pediatrics, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103-8446
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Robert L. Brent
Division of Developmental Biology, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Division of Developmental Biology, Room 308 R/A, Box 269, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899.Search for more papers by this authorJohn M. Graham Jr.,
Kenneth Lyons Jones,
Robert L. Brent,
John M. Graham Jr.
Division of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology, Medical Genetics Birth Defects Center, Steven Spielberg Pediatrics Research Center, SHARE's Child Disability Center, Ahmanson Pediatric Center, UCLA University Affiliated Program, UCLA School of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
Search for more papers by this authorKenneth Lyons Jones
Birth Defects Center, Department of Pediatrics, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103-8446
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Robert L. Brent
Division of Developmental Biology, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Division of Developmental Biology, Room 308 R/A, Box 269, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899.Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 28 April 1999
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