Association of blood mercury levels during pregnancy with infant birth size by blood selenium levels in the Japan Environment and Children's Study: A prospective birth cohort

Background: It is necessary to determine whether there are adverse health effects of prenatal exposure to long-term, low levels of mercury and selenium. However, there are limited that reports on the association between mercury levels by selenium levels and birth size. Therefore, we examined whether...

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Main Authors: Sumitaka Kobayashi, Reiko Kishi, Yasuaki Saijo, Yoshiya Ito, Koji Oba, Atsuko Araki, Chihiro Miyashita, Sachiko Itoh, Machiko Minatoya, Keiko Yamazaki, Yu Ait Bamai, Tosiya Sato, Shin Yamazaki, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Hiroshi Nitta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018322359