Reproductive outcomes in pregnant women and its association with arsenic contamination in drinking water, in a region characterized by high birth weight rates in Peru

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Dec;34(23):3997-3999. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1702946. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Authors

Diego Fano¹, Cinthya Vásquez-Velásquez¹, Claudio Ramirez-Atencio^{2

3}, Sandra Yucra¹, Gustavo F Gonzales^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Endocrinology and Reproduction, and Laboratories of Investigation and Development (LID), Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
² Dirección Regional de Salud, Gobierno Regional de Tacna, Tacna, Peru.
³ Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna, Peru.
⁴ High Altitude Research Institute, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Arsenic* / analysis
Birth Weight
Drinking Water* / analysis
Female
Humans
Peru / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnant People

Substances

Drinking Water
Arsenic

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