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The study of the effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations on birth weight of newborns to exposed mothers.

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Mortazavi SM, Shirazi KR, Mortazavi G · 2013

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This Iranian study found no link between common radiation exposures and birth weight, but relied on mothers' recall rather than direct EMF measurements.

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Researchers in Iran studied 1,200 mothers to see if exposure to radiation during pregnancy (from X-rays, cell phones, cordless phones, and old computer monitors) affected their babies' birth weight. They found no significant differences in birth weight between babies whose mothers were exposed to these radiation sources and those who weren't. This challenges earlier studies that suggested radiation exposure during pregnancy could lead to lower birth weights.

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Life evolved in an environment filled with a wide variety of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. It was previously reported that medical exposures to pregnant women increases the risk of low birth weight. This study intends to investigate the relationship between exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and the risk of low birth weight.

One thousand two hundred mothers with their first-term labor (vaginal or cesarean) whose newborns' h...

There were no statistical significant differences between the mean weight of newborns whose mothers ...

The findings of this study cast doubt on previous reports, which indicated that exposure to ionizing radiation during pregnancy increased the risk of low birth weight.

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Mortazavi SM, Shirazi KR, Mortazavi G (2013). The study of the effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations on birth weight of newborns to exposed mothers. J Nat Sci Biol Med. 4(1):213-217, 2013.
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@article{sm_2013_the_study_of_the_3259,
  author = {Mortazavi SM and Shirazi KR and Mortazavi G},
  title = {The study of the effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations on birth weight of newborns to exposed mothers.},
  year = {2013},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23633865/},
}
PubMed: 23633865

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