Impact of methylmercury and other heavy metals exposure on neurocognitive function in children of 7 years old: study protocol of the follow-up.
The extent to which prenatal low-level mercury (Hg) exposure by means of maternal fish consumption and heavy metals exposure have an effect on children neurodevelopment is controversial and could seem in long run. In 2007 a potential cohort, the Northern Adriatic Cohort II (NAC-II), was established to analyze the affiliation between prenatal Hg exposure from maternal fish consumption and baby neurodevelopment. …