Marine diet and tobacco exposure affects mercury concentrations in pregnant women (I) from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Seafood provides essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and other nutrients to pregnant women and their fetus(es) while a diet rich in finfish can be a major pathway of monomethyl mercury (MeHg+) exposure. We measured total mercury concentration ([THg]) in hair samples provided by 75 women in...

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Main Authors: Ramón Gaxiola-Robles, Rebecca Bentzen, Tania Zenteno-Savín, Vanessa Labrada-Martagón, J. Margaret Castellini, Alfredo Celis, Todd O’Hara, Lía Celina Méndez-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Toxicology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750014001024