Prenatal mercury exposure and offspring behaviour in childhood and adolescence

J. Golding, Steven Gregory, A. Emond, Yasmin Iles-Caven, J. Hibbeln, Caroline M. Taylor

Neurotoxicology, 2016

Highlights • There is controversy as to whether prenatal mercury levels are associated with adverse child behaviour, especially if the mother does not eat fish.• This study compares the relationship between maternal total blood mercury in the first half of pregnancy and child behaviour at seven time points.• No evidence was found to suggest that the mercury level was associated with adverse behaviour, whether or not the mother ate fish.

Cited by 4 publications.

Field of study: Psychology

10.1016/j.neuro.2016.09.003