MercuNorth–monitoring mercury in pregnant women from the Arctic as a baseline to assess the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Adlard, Bryan, Lemire, Mélanie, Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva C., Long, Manhai, Ólafsdóttir, Kristín, Odland, Jon O., Rautio, Arja, Myllynen, Päivi, Sandanger, Torkjel M., Dudarev, Alexey A., Bergdahl, Ingvar A., Wennberg, Maria, Berner, James, Ayotte, Pierre
• Other Authors: Faculty of Medicine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Meðganga; Norðurslóðir; Lífvöktun; Kvikasilfur; Arctic; biomonitoring; Mercury; Minamata Convention; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Mercury/analysis; Pregnancy; Canada; Animals; Arctic Regions; Fishes; Pregnant Women; Female; Health (social science); Public Health; Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Kiruna; Lukina; Sunderby Hospital; Landakot; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2834; https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1881345

Funding text #1 The authors would like to thank Dr Eric Dewailly for his vision and leadership on the initiation of this MercuNorth project. The MercuNorth project was an international collaboration, and we would like to acknowledge and thank all study participants and regional partners, including a...