Prenatal chromium exposure and risk of preterm birth: a cohort study in Hubei, China

Abstract Few studies have investigated the association of environmental chromium exposure and preterm birth in general population. This study was designed to investigate whether maternal chromium exposure during pregnancy is associated with reduced gestational age or risk of preterm birth using the...

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Main Authors: Xinyun Pan, Jie Hu, Wei Xia, Bin Zhang, Wenyu Liu, Chuncao Zhang, Jie Yang, Chen Hu, Aifen Zhou, Zhong Chen, Jiangxia Cao, Yiming Zhang, Youjie Wang, Zheng Huang, Bin Lv, Ranran Song, Jianduan Zhang, Shunqing Xu, Yuanyuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03106-z