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The United States is among the 25 large nations with the lowest infant mortality rates but not among the lowest 10 (Wallace et al, 1982), A number of biosocial factors have been associated with these deaths including cigarette smoking. Ionizing radiation may play a role in congenital malformations since radiation is mutagenic and teratogenic at high doses. Background radiation, however, has always been part of, ecosystems within which humans have adapted.
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Bowers, E.J. et al. (1984). Biosocial Factors in Infant Mortality: Multivariate Analysis of Rates of Births, Lethal Congenital Defects, and Infant Mortality. In: Borms, J., Hauspie, R., Sand, E.A., Susanne, C., Hebbelinck, M. (eds) Human Growth and Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0743-4_6
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