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  • The answer lies in Teratology: the study of malformations of the embryo due to some external influence, primarily chemical, in wildlife.

    Goatsucker found? 2010

  • The answer lies in Teratology: the study of malformations of the embryo due to some external influence, primarily chemical, in wildlife.

    Goatsucker found? 2010

  • A paper based on cases studies on methotrexate exposure published in 1993 in the medical journal Teratology suggests that a reoccurring dosage of 10 mg per week or more could produce harmful effects.

    Woman Waits To See If Pill Mix Up Harmed Embryo AP 2011

  • A paper based on cases studies on methotrexate exposure published in 1993 in the medical journal Teratology suggests that a reoccurring dosage of 10 mg per week or more could produce harmful effects.

    Woman Waits To See If Pill Mix Up Harmed Embryo AP 2011

  • OTIS, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, non-profit group providing evidence-based information on exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding

    Can Mom's Medicine Hurt the Baby? Melinda Beck 2011

  • Dietrich et al., “Early Exposure to Lead and Juvenile Delinquency,” Neurotoxicology and Teratology 2001, vol. 23, no.

    Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010

  • Needleman et al., “Bone Lead Levels in Adjudicated Delinquents: A Case Control Study,” Neurotoxicology and Teratology (2002), vol. 24, no. 6; and John Paul Wright et al., “Association of Prenatal and Childhood Blood Lead Concentrations with Criminal Arrests in Early Adulthood,” PLoS Medicine (2008), vol. 5, no.

    Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010

  • A report in the current issue of Neurotoxicology and Teratology indicates that cocaine, on its own, does not cause behavioral problems in babies who are exposed to it before they are born.

    Newborns And Addiction 2008

  • * Teratology is the study of the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal development and birth defects.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Teratology and all that is associated with it is a method of living contrary to social expectation whilst still being grudgingly accepted.

    Archive 2008-11-01 a. fortis 2008

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