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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 132, No. 2: 310-317
Copyright © 1990 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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DIETARY INTAKE OF METHYLMERCURY AS A CORRELATE OF GESTATIONAL LENGTH AND BERTH WEIGHT AMONG NEWBORNS IN GREENLAND

ANDERS FOLDSPANG1, and JENS C. HANSEN2

1Institute of Social Medicine, University of Aarhus Aarhus, Denmark
2Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus Aarhus, Denmark

Reprint requests to Dr. Anders Foldspang, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Hoegh-Guldbergsgade 8, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Between January 1983 and December 1986, a total of 376 mothers living in Godthaab and Thule, Greenland, were asked about their average weekly intake of marine food. The blood methyimercury concentrations of mothers and offspring were measured. Mean methytmercury concentrations In Infants were found to be 40 percent higher than in mothers. High maternal and offspring methylmercury blood concentrations were found to be associated with low mean birth weight, but not with short gestational length.

birth weight; Eskimos; fatty acids; unsaturated; gestational age; mercury; smoking


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