ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Prenatal Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women from Suriname's Interior and Its Effects on Birth Outcomes.
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- Association between maternal exposure to mercury during pregnancy and birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Mercury and Prenatal Growth: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Lead exposure across early life in Latin America and the Caribbean: prevention strategies and reproductive health considerations.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- Prenatal exposure to metals and metal mixtures influences birth weight in affected populations in the Republic of Suriname, South America.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Association of maternal blood mercury concentration during the first trimester of pregnancy with birth outcomes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- Trimester-specific prenatal heavy metal exposures and sex-specific postpartum size and growth.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Occupational and environmental mercury exposure and human reproductive health - a review.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2022Article
- The First Exposure Assessment of Mercury Levels in Hair among Pregnant Women and Its Effects on Birth Weight and Length in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Fish consumption habits of pregnant women in Itaituba, Tapajós River basin, Brazil: risks of mercury contamination as assessed by measuring total mercury in highly consumed piscivore fish species and in hair of pregnant women.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2022Article
- Association of Mercury Exposure and Maternal Sociodemographics on Birth Outcomes of Indigenous and Tribal Women in Suriname.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Adequate antenatal care and ethnicity affect preterm birth in pregnant women living in the tropical rainforest of Suriname.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
Prenatal mercury (Hg) exposure was determined in a sub-cohort of the Caribbean Consortium for Environmental and Occupational Health's environmental epidemiologic prospective cohort study of pregnant women living in Suriname's interior. The associations between Hg exposure, low birth weight (LBW, <2500 g) and preterm birth (PTB, <37 weeks) were explored. Correlation analysis, Fisher's exact test and logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the associations between maternal hair Hg levels and birth weight, LBW and PTB, and between potential confounders, LBW and PTB, respectively. Among 204 singleton births were 198 live births, five stillbirths and one miscarriage. The mean participant age was 26 years; 15.7% of participants had PTBs and 8.1% delivered a child with a LBW. The median hair Hg level was 3.48 μg/g hair. Low hair Hg exposure, based on lowest tertile < 2.34 μg/g, was associated with LBW (OR = 7.2; 95% CI 1.5-35.6;
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