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

作者： ANDERS FOLDSPANG , JENS C. HANSEN

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