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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article
Maternal Mercury Exposure, Season of Conception and Adverse Birth Outcomes in an Urban Immigrant Community in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Cynthia J. Bashore 1, Laura A. Geer 2,*, Xin He 3, Robin Puett 1, Patrick J. Parsons 4,5, Christopher D. Palmer 4,5, Amy J. Steuerwald 4, Ovadia Abulafia 6, Mudar Dalloul 6 and Amir Sapkota 1 1
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Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Room 2234F, College Park, MD 20742–2611, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (C.J.B.); [email protected] (R.P.); [email protected] (A.S.) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Downstate School of Public Health, State University of New York, Box 43,450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203–2533, USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health, 2234H SPH Building, College Park, MD 20742–2611, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Wadsworth Center, Department of Health, New York State University, Albany, NY 12201–0509, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (P.J.P.); [email protected] (C.D.P.); [email protected] (A.J.S.) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (O.A.); [email protected] (M.D.)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +718-221-5267; Fax: +718-221-5154. Received: 26 May 2014; in revised form: 23 July 2014 / Accepted: 4 August 2014 / Published: 18 August 2014
Abstract: Adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth (PTB:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article
Maternal Mercury Exposure, Season of Conception and Adverse Birth Outcomes in an Urban Immigrant Community in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Cynthia J. Bashore 1, Laura A. Geer 2,*, Xin He 3, Robin Puett 1, Patrick J. Parsons 4,5, Christopher D. Palmer 4,5, Amy J. Steuerwald 4, Ovadia Abulafia 6, Mudar Dalloul 6 and Amir Sapkota 1 1
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Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Room 2234F, College Park, MD 20742–2611, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (C.J.B.); [email protected] (R.P.); [email protected] (A.S.) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Downstate School of Public Health, State University of New York, Box 43,450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203–2533, USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health, 2234H SPH Building, College Park, MD 20742–2611, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Wadsworth Center, Department of Health, New York State University, Albany, NY 12201–0509, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (P.J.P.); [email protected] (C.D.P.); [email protected] (A.J.S.) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (O.A.); [email protected] (M.D.)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +718-221-5267; Fax: +718-221-5154. Received: 26 May 2014; in revised form: 23 July 2014 / Accepted: 4 August 2014 / Published: 18 August 2014
Abstract: Adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth (PTB:
