Total mercury exposure in early pregnancy has no adverse association with scholastic ability of the offspring particularly if the mother eats fish
There is a public perception that relatively low doses of mercury found in seafood are harmful to the fetal brain but little consistent evidence to support this. In earlier publications we have shown no adverse associations between maternal total blood mercury levels and child behaviour, early devel...
Main Authors: | Joseph Hibbeln, Steven Gregory, Yasmin Iles-Caven, Caroline M. Taylor, Alan Emond, Jean Golding |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-07-01
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Series: | Environment International |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017320408 |
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