Xu, Shanshan; Hansen, Solrunn; Sripada, Kam; Aarsland, Torbjørn; Horvat, Milena; Mazej, Darja; Álvarez, Marisa V.; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-18)
Pregnant women’s levels of toxic and essential minerals have been linked to birth outcomes yet have not been adequately investigated in South America. In Argentina, n = 696 maternal whole blood samples from Ushuaia (n = 198) and Salta (n = 498) were collected in 2011–2012
among singleton women at 36 ± 12 h postpartum and analyzed for blood concentrations of arsenic
(As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), ...