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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. DES update: For you, your family, and your health care provider. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 v.

Annotation: This binder includes information about diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen prescribed from 1938 to 1971 to women who experienced miscarriages or premature deliveries, and which was later discovered to pose a risk to women prescribed DES while pregnant and to both women and men exposed to DES in the womb. The binder provides information about what is known about DES, what is being learned about DES, and what can be done about DES. Additional resources are provided, as well.

Keywords: Diethylstilbestrol, Estrogens, Men's health, Pregnancy, Premature labor, Resource materials, Teratogens, Women's health

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