Association between Liver and Kidney Function and Birth Outcomes in Pregnant Surinamese Women Exposed to Mercury and Lead in the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Environmental Epidemiologic Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Sheila Kort (Author), Jeffrey Wickliffe (Author), Arti Shankar (Author), Hannah H. Covert (Author), Maureen Lichtveld (Author), Wilco Zijlmans (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Exposure to mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb), in combination with liver and kidney impairment, may result in adverse birth outcomes. From 408 women in the age range of 16 to 46 years, living in rural and urban areas in the interior of Suriname, we looked at the association between adverse birth outcomes a...