Reducing Periconceptional Methylmercury Exposure: Cost–Utility Analysis for a Proposed Screening Program for Women Planning a Pregnancy in Ontario, Canada | Zendy

Janet Gaskin | Zendy; Colin D. Rennie | Zendy; Doug Coyle | Zendy

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Reducing Periconceptional Methylmercury Exposure: Cost–Utility Analysis for a Proposed Screening Program for Women Planning a Pregnancy in Ontario, Canada

Author(s) -

Janet Gaskin,

Colin D. Rennie,

Doug Coyle

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1409034

Subject(s) - methylmercury , medicine , pregnancy , environmental health , prenatal care , quality adjusted life year , cost effectiveness , cost effectiveness analysis , mercury (programming language) , confounding , cost–benefit analysis , population , biology , ecology , risk analysis (engineering) , genetics , bioaccumulation , pathology , computer science , programming language

The assessment of neurodevelopmental effects in children associated with prenatal methylmercury exposure, from contaminated fish and seafood in the maternal diet, has recently been strengthened by adjustment for the negative confounding resulting from co-exposure to beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).

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