Environmental Pollution and Risk of Congenital Anomalies in Al-Diwaniya Governorate

Authors

  • Hadi Jabor Suhail Al-Qadisiyah Medical college , Department of Community Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28922/qmj.2016.12.21.124-129

Keywords:

Environmental pollution, Congenital defects

Abstract

Analytic study, conducted on 15 cases of congenital deformity of the newborn babies in the maternity and children's teaching  hospital in Diwaniya for the period from the first of January until the end of December 2014 (6 males and 9 females) , were recorded cases include cardiac defects ,  urinary system anomalies ,  neural tube defects , cleft  lip 'and Down syndrom.       The largest percentage is cardiac malformations and abnormalities of the urinary system, the proportion of malformations among females were more than in males , for the place of residence was a al- Jumhoory locality  in  the top of the other 'as to the nature of the environment there  were no any strange environmental phenomenon or different from other regions environment' except  al- Jumhoory locality  had seen very violent military conflicts.

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2017-07-16

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