Prenatal exposure to barium and arsenic and the odds of congenital heart defects in offspring: a nested case–control study within a birth cohort in Lanzhou, China
Exposure to Ba or As individually, as well as combined exposure to both, is significantly associated with an increased risk of CHDs in offspring.
Authors
- Jie Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-5128)
- Yun Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4279-901X)
- Ji Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0547-6457)
- Xiaoli Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2160-0228)
- Qing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2028-973X)
- Cheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-4477)
- Dan Lu
- Baohong Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9795-9589)
- Zhenzhen Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6751-6448)
- W. J. Yao
- Jianhao Sun
- Qinglei Hang
Institutions
- Gansu Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
- Northwest Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CN)
- Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
- Yangzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1597178
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40
Funders
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province
- Science and Technology Department of Gansu Province