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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Predictors of Maternal Serum Concentrations for Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi.

Mphatso Mwapasa, Sandra Huber, Bertha Magreta Chakhame, Alfred Maluwa, Maria Lisa Odland, Victor Ndhlovu, Halina Röllin, Shanshan Xu, Jon Øyvind Odland

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Mphatso MwapasaDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8402-6133
Sandra HuberDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4745-8767
Bertha Magreta ChakhameDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4924-1385
Alfred MaluwaDirectorate of Research and Outreach, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Thyolo 310106, Malawi.
Maria Lisa OdlandDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4340-7145
Victor NdhlovuSchool of Life Sciences and Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre 312225, Malawi.ORCID 0000-0003-1606-0959
Halina RöllinSchool of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5247-6519
Shanshan XuCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway.
Jon Øyvind OdlandDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-2756-0732
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NOKamuzu Central Hospital · MWMalawi University of Science and Technology · MWUniversity Hospital of North Norway · NOUniversity of Bergen · NOUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may result in detrimental health effects, especially to pregnant women, developing foetuses and young children. We are reporting the findings of a cross-sectional study of 605 mothers in their late pregnancy, recruited between August 2020 and July 2021 in southern Malawi, and their offspring. The aim was to measure the concentrations of selected POPs in their maternal serum and indicate associations with social demographic characteristics and birth outcomes. A high level of education was the main predictor of

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DDTEnvironmental PollutantsChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneFemaleHumansMalawiMitotaneMothersParturitionPersistent Organic PollutantsPregnancyPregnant People2,2-(2-chlorophenyl-4'-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroetheneDDTDichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneEnvironmental PollutantsMitotaneo,p'-DDTPersistent Organic Pollutantsbirth outcomespersistent organic pollutantsSouthern Malawi

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