Possible Risk Factors and Their Potential Associations with Combined Heavy Metal Exposures in Pregnant Women in the Republic of Suriname

• Published in: Annals of global health Vol. 90; no. 1; p. 30
• Main Authors: Sewberath Misser, Vinoj H, Hindori-Mohangoo, Ashna D, Shankar, Arti, Lichtveld, Maureen, Wickliffe, Jeffrey, Mans, Dennis R A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Ubiquity Press 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Apgar score; Arsenic; Blood levels; Cadmium; Chi-square test; combined heavy metal exposure; Contaminants; Contingency; Education; educational level; Epidemiology; Exposure; Family income; Food chains; Food consumption; Food contamination; Heavy metals; Income; income level; Lead content; Manganese; Mercury; Pregnancy; pregnant women; Premature birth; Public health; region of residence; Review boards; Risk factors; Rural areas; Rural environments; Sediments; Statistical methods; suriname; Teaching methods; Suriname; region of residence; pregnant women; combined heavy metal exposure; Suriname; educational level; income level; public health

The exposure of pregnant women to multiple environmental pollutants may be more disadvantageous to birth outcomes when compared to single-compound contaminations. This study investigated the mixed exposures to mercury, manganese, or lead in 380 pregnant Surinamese women. The factors that might be as...