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SUBMITTER: Mora AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3983325 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mora Ana M AM van Wendel de Joode Berna B Mergler Donna D Córdoba Leonel L Cano Camilo C Quesada Rosario R Smith Donald R DR Menezes-Filho José A JA Lundh Thomas T Lindh Christian H CH Bradman Asa A Eskenazi Brenda B
Environmental science & technology 20140306 6
Manganese (Mn), an essential nutrient, is a neurotoxicant at high concentrations. We measured Mn concentrations in repeated blood and hair samples collected from 449 pregnant women living near banana plantations with extensive aerial spraying of Mn-containing fungicide mancozeb in Costa Rica, and examined environmental and lifestyle factors associated with these biomarkers. Mean blood Mn and geometric mean hair Mn concentrations were 24.4 μg/L (8.9-56.3) and 1.8 μg/g (0.05-53.3), respectively. B ...[more]