Fish consumption, methylmercury and child neurodevelopment
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Fish Consumption, Methylmercury, and Human Heart Disease
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CONTEXT Human neurodevelopmental consequences of exposure to methyl-mercury (MeHg) from eating fish remain a question of public health concern. OBJECTIVE To study the association between MeHg exposure and the developmental outcomes of children in the Republic of Seychelles at 66 months of age. DESIGN A prospective longitudinal cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 711 of 779 cohort mother...
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INTRODUCTION Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) before birth can adversely affect children's neurodevelopment. The most common form of prenatal exposure is maternal fish consumption, but whether such exposure harms the fetus is unknown. We aimed to identify adverse neurodevelopmental effects in a fish-consuming population. METHODS We investigated 779 mother-infant pairs residing in the Republic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Pediatrics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1040-8703
DOI: 10.1097/mop.0b013e3282f5614c