Mercury and psychosocial stress exposure interact to predict maternal diurnal cortisol during pregnancy

BACKGROUND: Disrupted maternal prenatal cortisol production influences offspring development. Factors influencing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis include social (e.g., stressful life events) and physical/chemical (e.g., toxic metals) pollutants. Mercury (Hg) is a common contaminant of fish a...

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Published in:Environ Health
Main Authors: Schreier, Hannah MC, Hsu, Hsiao-Hsien, Amarasiriwardena, Chitra, Coull, Brent A, Schnaas, Lourdes, Téllez-Rojo, Martha María, Tamayo y Ortiz, Marcela, Wright, Rosalind J, Wright, Robert O
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377006/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889585
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0016-9
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