DIETARY INTAKE OF METHYLMERCURY AS A CORRELATE OF GESTATIONAL LENGTH AND BERTH WEIGHT AMONG NEWBORNS IN GREENLAND

Between January 1983 and December 1986, a total of 376 mothers living in Godthaab and Thule, Greenland, were asked about their average weekly intake of marine food. The blood methyimercury concentrations of mothers and offspring were measured. Mean methytmercury concentrations In Infants were found...

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Main Authors: FOLDSPANG, ANDERS, HANSEN, JENS C.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1990
Subjects:
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Greenland
Thule
Online Access:http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/132/2/310
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Summary:Between January 1983 and December 1986, a total of 376 mothers living in Godthaab and Thule, Greenland, were asked about their average weekly intake of marine food. The blood methyimercury concentrations of mothers and offspring were measured. Mean methytmercury concentrations In Infants were found to be 40 percent higher than in mothers. High maternal and offspring methylmercury blood concentrations were found to be associated with low mean birth weight, but not with short gestational length.

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