Maternal fish consumption, mercury levels, and risk of preterm delivery

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Xue, Fei ^a   Holzman, Claudia ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Trosko, Kay ^c   Fischer, Lawrence ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Mercury; Pregnancy; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33845994045     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9329     Document Type: Article

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