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The Health Effects Of Fetal Mercury Exposure: A Systematic Review., Addison Mommsen, Raw Raen, De Paw, Georgie Kinsman, Angela Ekwonye
The Health Effects Of Fetal Mercury Exposure: A Systematic Review., Addison Mommsen, Raw Raen, De Paw, Georgie Kinsman, Angela Ekwonye
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BackgroundAccording to World Health Organization (WHO), mercury is one of the top ten chemicals that pose a public health concern. More than 600,000 newborns per year experience in utero mercury exposures. Although mercury exposure can affect anyone, the burden is unequally placed on certain populations where exposure is high due to high consumption of fish or those in close proximity to factories. Objective This review seeks to determine and assess the health effects of fetal mercury exposure through a systematic review of current literature.MethodsGoogle Scholar, PubMed, and ScienceDirect were used to find articles relevant to our study on the health …