Exposure profiles in pregnant women from a birth cohort in a highly contaminated area of southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: Protecting the health of pregnant women from environmental stressors is crucial for reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases. In industrially contaminated sites, this action is particularly challenging due to the heterogeneous pollutant mixtures in environmental matrices. The aim of this study was to evaluate distribution patterns of mercury, hexachlorobenzene and polychlorobiphenyls in the serum of 161 pregnant women recruited in the framework of the Neonatal Environment and Health Outcomes (NEHO) cohort and living both inside and outside the National Priority Contaminated Site (NPCS) of Priolo. Food macro-categories were determined, and serum levels of contaminants were used to perform k-means cluster analysis and identify the role of food in pollutant transfer from the environme

SUBMITTER: Drago G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10491776 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature