Fish Consumption during Pregnancy, Mercury Transfer, and Birth Weight along the Madeira River Basin in Amazonia

Bibliographic Data

ID15468622
AuthorsRejane Corrêa Marques (0000-0001-6730-7769, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Rejane Marques (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, CEP 27930-560, RJ, Brazil), José Vicente Elias Bernardi (0000-0002-5597-2806, Universidade de Brasília), José Bernardi (University of Brasília, Brasília, CEP 0919-970, DF, Brazil), José G Dórea (0000-0002-3941-1638, Universidade de Brasília, corresponding author), José Dórea (University of Brasília, Brasília, CEP 0919-970, DF, Brazil), Katiane G Brandão (Universidade Federal de Rondônia), Katiane Brandão (Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, CEP 76801-059, RO, Brazil), Lucélia Bueno (Universidade Federal de Rondônia), Richardson N Leão (0000-0001-8496-1965, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Renata Leão (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Olaf Malm (0000-0002-4116-7160, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2013
Volume10
Issue6
Pages2150-2163
Publication date2013-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph10062150
PMID23759951
PMCIDPMC3717729
OpenAlexW2006836553
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited31

Maternal HHg is an important biomarker of maternal fish consumption and of methylmercury exposure during pregnancy. However, in these Amazonian groups, only maternal education and gestational age seemed to affect birth weight positively

Amazon rainforest · Animal science · Bioaccumulation · Biology · Birth weight · Fish · Fish consumption · Fishery · Geography · Mercury (programming language · Methylmercury · Pregnancy · Demography · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Mercury impact and mitigation studies · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Ecology

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