Association between maternal exposure to mercury during pregnancy and birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This meta-analysis revealed that mercury exposure may be negatively associated with birth weight, especially when higher concentrations are present in the blood and placenta, as well as during the late stages of pregnancy, which significantly correlates with lower neonatal BW.
Authors
- R C Gong
- Guijie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4694-0202)
- Lili Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4813-8124)
- Dandan Ma
- Shuxia Zhang
- Yanfei Zuo
Institutions
- Fujian Women and Children Hospital (CN)
- People's Hospital of Kaizhou District (CN)
- Huzhou Women and Children's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06323-y
- Primary Topic
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00