The Argentinian mother-and-child contaminant study: a cross-sectional study among delivering women in the cities of Ushuaia and Salta

• Main Authors: Økland, Inger, Odland, Jon Øyvind, Matiocevich, Silvinia, Alvarez, Marisa Viviana, Aarsland, Torbjørn, Nieboer, Evert, Hansen, Solrunn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Open 2017
• Subjects: Pregnancy; persistent toxic substances (PTS); human levels; Argentina; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin; sosialmedisin: 801; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine; Social medicine: 801; Arctic; Ushuaia; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12286

Source at https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1364598 . Several ongoing international multidisciplinary projects have examined linkages between environmental chemicals and health. In contrast to Arctic regions, information for the Southern Hemisphere is scarce. Because of the inherent practice of...