Prenatal mercury exposure and birth outcomes

Environmental Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-20

  Murcia, Mario ^a,b   Ballester, Ferran ^a,b,c   Enning, Ashley Michel ^d,e   Iñiguez, Carmen ^a,b   Valvi, Damaskini ^a,d,e,f   Basterrechea, Mikel ^a,g,h   Rebagliato, Marisa ^a,b   Vioque, Jesús ^a,i   Maruri, Maite ^j   Tardon, Adonina ^a,k   Riaño Galán, Isolina ^a,l   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,d,e   Llop, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Basque Government   (Spain)

^h BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

ⁱ MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^j Centro de Salud de Azkoitia   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Birth weight; Diet, food, and nutrition; Gestational age; Maternal exposure; Mercury; Placentation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

SPAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84978710316     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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