Mercury Exposure in Women of Reproductive Age in Rondônia State, Amazon Region, Brazil

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ID15513108
AuthorsThayssa C S Bello (0000-0002-8648-9067, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Rafael Junqueira Buralli (0000-0001-7006-6177, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo), Mônica Pereira Lima Cunha (0000-0003-0130-9846, Universidade Federal de Rondônia), José G Dórea (0000-0002-3941-1638, Universidade de Brasília), Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano (0000-0002-1134-1930, Universidade de São Paulo), Jean Remy Davée Guimarães (0000-0003-2584-0009, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Rejane Corrêa Marques (0000-0001-6730-7769, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue6
Pages5225-5225
Publication date2023-03-22
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/ijerph20065225
PMID36982134
OpenAlexW4353066700
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited53

Environmental contamination by mercury (Hg) is a problem of global scale that affects human health. This study's aim was to evaluate Hg exposure among women of reproductive age residing in the Madeira River basin, in the State of Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon. This longitudinal cohort study used linear regression models to assess the effects on Hg levels of breastfeeding duration at 6 months, and of breastfeeding duration and number of new children at 2-year and 5-year. Breastfeeding duration was significantly associated with maternal Hg levels in all regression models (6 months, 2 years and 5 years) and no significant association was observed between the number of children and the change in maternal Hg levels in the 2-year and 5-year models. This longitudinal cohort study evaluated Hg levels and contributing factors among pregnant women from different communities (riverine, rural, mining and urban) in Rondônia, Amazon Region, for 5 years. A well-coordinated and designed national biomonitoring program is urgently needed to better understand the current situation of Hg levels in Brazil and the Amazon

Amazon rainforest · Biology · Geography · Mercury (programming language · MERCURY EXPOSURE · Sociology · Demography · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Indigenous Health and Education · Mercury impact and mitigation studies · Ecology

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