title: [Assessment of congenital malformation risk in the progeny of the military and civilian personnel of the Salto di Quirra military base: preliminary results].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We evaluated the congenital malformation rate in the progeny of the personnel of the Salto di Quirra military base in Sardinia.
  
  
  METHODS
  During 2011, we gathered questionnaire information on the reproductive history of 389 employees, more then 99% of those eligible for routine health surveillance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the observed congenital malformation rate (20.1 x 10(-3), 95% CI 6.3 - 33.8) was lower than that reported by the Italian Registries of Congenital Malformations, and it did not vary by exposure to radiofrequency, elf electromagnetic fields, and solvents, and by jobs associated with alleged exposure to nanoparticles or alpha radiation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that the documented or alleged occupational exposures among the PISQ workforce did not increase the congenital malformation rate in the progeny.
authors: Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Asse Didattico, Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro - Asse Didattico della Facoltà di Medicina, SS 554, km 4,500, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy. gianninasatta@tiscali.it
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D058749:Military Facilities; D008889:Military Personnel; D018570:Risk Assessment