Pregnant Inuit Women’s Exposure to Metals and Association with Fetal Growth Outcomes: ACCEPT 2010–2015

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Per Bank-Nielsen, Manhai Long, Eva Bonefeld-Jørgensen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Arctic; heavy metals; perinatal risks; smoking; reproductive health; environmental pollutants; Rho; Climate change; greenlandic; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071171

Environmental contaminants such as heavy metals are transported to the Arctic regions via atmospheric and ocean currents and enter the Arctic food web. Exposure is an important risk factor for health and can lead to increased risk of a variety of diseases. This study investigated the association bet...