Seafood consumption and umbilical cord blood mercury concentrations in a multiethnic maternal and child health cohort

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Soon, Reni ^a   Dye, Timothy D ^a,b   Ralston, Nicholas V ^c   Berry, Marla J ^a   Sauvage, Lynnae M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Fish; Hawaii; Mercury; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Seafood

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA FOOD; TUNA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FETUS BLOOD; HAWAII; JAPAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHILIPPINES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MERCURY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902300283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-209     Document Type: Article

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