Association of Mercury Exposure and Maternal Sociodemographics on Birth Outcomes of Indigenous and Tribal Women in Suriname.

ABSTRACT: Information regarding adverse birth outcomes (ABO) of Indigenous and Tribal women living in the remote tropical rainforest of Suriname, where mercury (Hg) use is abundant in artisanal gold mining, is not available. In the context of a health system analysis, we examined the association between Hg exposure, maternal sociodemographics on the ABO of Indigenous and Tribal women living in Suriname's interior and its capital, Paramaribo. ABO were determined in pregnant women enrolled from December 2016 to July 2019 in the Caribbean Consortium for Environmental and Occupational Health prospective environmental epidemiologic cohort study. Associations were explored using Pearson's χ2-test and the Mann-Whitney U-test. Among 351 singleton participants, 32% were Indigenous, residing mainly in the int

SUBMITTER: Baldewsingh GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature