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In Utero Exposure to Metals and Birth Outcomes in an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Birth Cohort in Madre de Dios, Peru.

Berky, Axel J.; Weinhouse, Caren; Vissoci, Joao; Rivera, Nelson; Ortiz, Ernesto J.; Navio, Susy; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mallipudi, Andres; Fixen, Emma; Hsu-Kim, Heileen; Pan, William K. (Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2023)

BACKGROUND: Few birth cohorts in South America evaluate the joint effect of minerals and toxic metals on neonatal health. In Madre de Dios, Peru, mercury exposure is prevalent owing to artisanal gold mining, yet its effect ...