In utero exposure to aluminium and other neurotoxic elements in urban coastal South African women at delivery : an emerging concern

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Rollin, Halina B., Channa, Kalavati, Olutola, Bukola Ganiyat, Nogueira, Claudina, Odland, Jon Oyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Aluminium; In utero exposure; Birth outcomes; Essential trace elements; Neurotoxic elements; Sex-dependent response to toxicants; South Africa (SA); Women; Arctic; Norway; Rho; AMAP
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76594; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051724

Aluminium (Al) is a non-essential neurotoxicant and there is limited information regarding exposure to Al in utero. This study sought to evaluate the in utero exposure to Al in urban South African women, its e ects on birth outcomes and possible synergistic e ects between Al, essential and neurotoxi...