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  5. Images in Paediatric Cardiology
  6. 2001
  7. IPC, Volume 3, Issue 3
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dc.contributor.authorBianca, Sebastiano
dc.contributor.authorEttore, Giuseppe
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T10:51:08Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T10:51:08Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationImages in Paediatric Cardiology. 2001, Vol.3(3), p. 10-14en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/3859
dc.description.abstractA significant bias in sex ratio has been documented for several congenital cardiac malformations. Transposition of the great arteries has been associated with a such a bias but no explanation has been proposed for this bias. There was the evaluation of 95 isolated livebirths with transposition of the great arteries cases referred to the Sicilian Registry of Congenital Malformations from 1991 to 1998. A statistically significant male bias of 2.8 was found and this was significantly associated with both maternal and paternal occupational exposure to agricultural chemicals for male infants with transposition, but not for female infants. This study raises new questions about the possible role played by environmental chemicals in relationship to birth defects and to sex ratio imbalance.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherImages in Paediatric Cardiologyen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectCongenital heart diseaseen_GB
dc.subjectNeonatal diseases and abnormalitiesen_GB
dc.subjectTransposition of great vesselsen_GB
dc.subjectHeart -- Surgeryen_GB
dc.subjectArteries -- Surgeryen_GB
dc.subjectPediatric cardiology -- Sex factorsen_GB
dc.subjectSex factors in diseaseen_GB
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_GB
dc.titleSex ratio imbalance in transposition of the great arteries and possible agricultural environmental risk factorsen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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