Mercury Transfer During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Hair Mercury Concentrations as Biomarker

Hair mercury (HHg) concentration is a biomarker of exposure that is widely used to assess environmental contamination by fish methylmercury and neurodevelopment in children. In the Rio Madeira basin (Brazilian Amazon), total HHg concentrations in 649 mother–infant pairs were measured at birth (prena...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological trace element research 2013-09, Vol.154 (3), p.326-332
Hauptverfasser:	Marques, Rejane C., Bernardi, José V. E., Dórea, José G., Leão, Renata S., Malm, Olaf
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Animals Bioaccumulation Biochemistry Biomarkers Biomarkers - analysis Biomedical and Life Sciences Biotechnology Brazil Breast Feeding Breastfeeding & lactation Correlation coefficient Cross-Sectional Studies Environmental assessment Exposure Female Fish Fishes Food Contamination - analysis Hair Hair - chemistry Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Life Sciences Male Maternal & child health Maternal Exposure - statistics & numerical data Maternal-Fetal Exchange Mercury Mercury - analysis Methylmercury Methylmercury Compounds - analysis Nutrition Oncology Pregnancy Regression Analysis Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Seafood Settlers Tin Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
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