Maternal Fish Consumption, Hair Mercury, and Infant Cognition in a U.S. Cohort
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- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 113 (10), 1376-1380
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8041
Abstract
Fish and other seafood may contain organic mercury but also beneficial nutrients such as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. We endeavored to study whether maternal fish consumption during pregnancy harms or benefits fetal brain development. We examined ...Keywords
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