From the School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 518, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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In the present work we studied the birth order in progenies of lranian survivors
of Iraqi chemical attacks during a period from 1984 to 1989. Then we compared
the results with the birth order of the control group. Despite a slight difference
between the birth order in the two groups of progenies, this was not statistically
significant. This does not mean, however, that there are no genetic consequences
due to war chemicals. A number of autosomal recessive mutants may have been
produced but they will not become manifest for several generations.