Maternal fish consumption and infant birth size and gestation: New York State Angler Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The scientific literature poses a perplexing dilemma for pregnant women with respect to the consumption of fish from natural bodies of water. On one hand, fish is a good source of protein, low in fat and a rich source of other nutrients all of which have presumably beneficial effects on developing embryos and fetuses. On the other hand, consumption of fish contaminated with environmental toxicants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been associated with decrements in gestation and birth size.

Methods

2,716 infants born between 1986-1991 to participants of the New York State Angler Cohort Study were studied with respect to duration of maternal consumption of contaminated fish from Lake Ontario and its tributaries and gestation and birth size. Hospital deli

SUBMITTER: Buck GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC165589 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature