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Maternal Fish Consumption, Mercury Levels, and Risk of Preterm Delivery

Author(s) -

Fei Xue,

Claudia Holzman,

Mohammad H. Rahbar,

Kay Trosko,

Lawrence Fischer

Publication year - 2006

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.9329

Subject(s) - methylmercury , pregnancy , gestation , mercury (programming language) , medicine , hazard ratio , odds ratio , fish consumption , confidence interval , physiology , swordfish , toxicology , environmental health , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , tuna , ecology , fishery , bioaccumulation , genetics , computer science , programming language

Pregnant women receive mixed messages about fish consumption in pregnancy because unsaturated fatty acids and protein in fish are thought to be beneficial, but contaminants such as methylmercury may pose a hazard.

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