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Mercury Exposure Assessment in Mother-Infant Pairs from Continental and Coastal Croatia.
Biomolecules - 27 May 2020
Sekovanić Ankica, Piasek Martina, Orct Tatjana, Sulimanec Grgec Antonija, Matek Sarić Marijana, Stasenko Sandra, Jurasović Jasna
Abstract excerpt
The main source of mercury (Hg) exposure in the general population is fish. Another possible source is dental amalgam. Here, we compare the levels of Hg and selenium (Se) in samples of maternal and fetal origin collected shortly after childbirth of healthy postpartum women in the coastal (n = 96) and continental (n = 185) areas of Croatia related to maternal seafood/fish consumption. We also evaluated Hg...
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