INMA: “Families with a Higher Socioeconomic Position Have a Greater Risk of Exposure to Chemical Contaminants”
26/06/2019
A higher socioeconomic position is associated to greater exposure to several environmental chemical contaminants –such as various per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), mercury and arsenic– during pregnancy and childhood. This is the conclusion reached by a new European study where INMA Project has particiapted which has described the relationship between the socioeconomic position of 1,300 pregnant women and their children of aged 6 to 12 years and exposure to 41 environmental contaminants.
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Fuente: ISGlobal
REFERENCE: Montazeri P, Thomsen C, Casas M, de Bont J, Haug LS, Maitre L, Papadopoulou E, Sakhi AK, Slama R, Saulnier PJ, Urquiza J, Grazuleviciene R, Andrusaityte S, McEachan R, Wright J, Chatzi L, Basagaña X, Vrijheid M. Socioeconomic position and exposure to multiple environmental chemical contaminants in six European mother-child cohorts. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 Jun;222(5):864-872.