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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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0016-9